[zild3d]

I see it more like the goal is to build cool stuff, learning electronics is the happy unintentional side effect as you're exposed to concepts relevant to what you want to do.

e.g. I want to build a cool robot with my kid -> oh why can't you just wire the motors directly to arduino output pins -> oh motors need a lot of current to run ...

(btw have never heard voltage be called tension, TIL)

[poulpy123]

> (btw have never heard voltage be called tension, TIL)

It's the main word for voltage in french and I checked wiki before posting. It was listed as an alternative to voltage so I kept it, but I should have realized it wasn't common

[HeyLaughingBoy]

Hopefully helpful comment: "tension" is sometimes used as an alternative to "voltage" in English, but it's typically only in the case of power delivery. e.g, "high-tension 50kV power lines." I don't think I've ever seen it applied to common control panel voltages like 5V or 24V.