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The Cornish Cardboard Crystal Synths were designed for building noisy semiconductor circuits with families at the [https://www.creativekernow.org.uk/flamm-reflects-on-success-of-first-year/ Flamm contemporary art festival in Redruth] (after a field trip to Poldice mine) and later for a series of workshops at Ale and Cakes mine - or in it's more modern form: [http://uniteddownsraceway.co.uk United Downs Raceway].
 
There are two versions, the second slightly simpler and easier to build. Each one has a collection of circuits to wire up. We've found the wires and springs approach to be better and less fiddly than the usual breadboard approach. A companion cardboard crystal radio (and AM transmitter) was built to help explain the history and background to these workshops.
 
= Instructions for building them =
 
== [[Cardboard Crystal Synth Version 1]] ==
 
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== [[Cardboard Crystal Synth Version 2]] ==
 
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Latest revision as of 11:22, 28 June 2026


The Cornish Cardboard Crystal Synths were designed for building noisy semiconductor circuits with families at the Flamm contemporary art festival in Redruth (after a field trip to Poldice mine) and later for a series of workshops at Ale and Cakes mine - or in it's more modern form: United Downs Raceway.

There are two versions, the second slightly simpler and easier to build. Each one has a collection of circuits to wire up. We've found the wires and springs approach to be better and less fiddly than the usual breadboard approach. A companion cardboard crystal radio (and AM transmitter) was built to help explain the history and background to these workshops.

Instructions for building them

Cardboard Crystal Synth Version 1

Cardboard Crystal Synth Version 2