PComp Week1
LED Circuit
Lighting up the first LED use was definitely the hardest part of this assignment for me. Although I took a studio maintenance class during my undergrad and had some experience building my audio hardware like amp and pedals, I am terrible at physics. I know how to put everything ensemble things, but I do not understand the theories behind it. Therefore, it took me around 30 mins to figure out how the first LED circuit works. I burned a LED right when I started because I forgot to put resistors. Luckily I figured that out in the end, and the rest became much easier.
(+need to connect with +, and - connect with -, also thing kind need to be on the same row of the breadboard)
Switches
After doing the LED lab, adding switches did not take me too much time. I had success with my first try with both switches and circuits. But I did not do get a chance to try Project 3: Switching a motor because I do not have a motor and also could not find one on the floor.
Get Creative With Switches
I kind of played around with the breadboard by using two switches, one toggle switch and one tactile switch, and two LEDs. The circuit will get powered when the toggled switch being turned on. At the same time, the yellow LED gets turns on as well to indicate the system is “ON.” And when the tactile switch being pushed/trigged, the green LED will light up.