Logic Labs - Transistors to Logic Gates

Logic Labs started as a passion project and grew into a turnkey hardware curriculum now rolling into Dubai College’s GCSE classrooms. I designed the kits, wrote the lesson plans, and built an online companion so students can learn digital logic by soldering, simulating, and debugging real circuits.

Program design

• Modular lessons that progress from transistor fundamentals to combinational logic, flip-flops, and simple state machines.
• Instructor playbooks with pacing guides, troubleshooting matrices, and assessment rubrics to slot seamlessly into school timetables.
• Online portal hosting animations, challenge problems, and quiz banks so students can self-pace between lab sessions.

Hardware platform

• Custom PCBs featuring swappable gate modules, probe points, and power-safe headers that survive classroom abuse.
• Component bins standardised around breadboard-friendly packages, encouraging experimentation without overwhelming new builders.
• Lab instrumentation cheatsheets that teach students how to use multimeters and oscilloscopes while they verify their builds.

Impact & rollout

• Piloted with the Head of Computer Science to align with GCSE outcomes and gather iterative feedback from early cohorts.
• Built teacher onboarding workshops covering kit setup, safety, and how to debug common mistakes in under ten minutes per group.
• Tracking student engagement metrics through the portal so future cohorts get data-driven updates to exercises and video content.

Next up: release a public kit run and add microcontroller extension labs for students who master the basics early.