Introduction:
During this project we explored electric circuits and how they work. We did different activities including using breadboards and arduino programming. Using arduino we made LED light bulbs and a sound machine do different things by programming it. Me and my partner programmed it to play the song Fur Elise and make Blue and green LED bulbs alternate blinking.
CONCEPTS:
Circuit - a closed loop made of conductors and a power source usually a battery
Battery - our power source
Conductor - material that transmits heat, electricity, or sound.
Current - flow of energy or electricity
Voltage - push of electricity
Parallel circuit - circuit with two branches parallel to eachother
Series - circuit with one single path
Resistors - resistance against travel of electric current.
Ohm's Law - Voltage = Current x Resistance (V = IR)
Node - point on circuit where two or more circuit elements meet (usually in a parallel circuit)
LED - light-emitting diode
Battery - our power source
Conductor - material that transmits heat, electricity, or sound.
Current - flow of energy or electricity
Voltage - push of electricity
Parallel circuit - circuit with two branches parallel to eachother
Series - circuit with one single path
Resistors - resistance against travel of electric current.
Ohm's Law - Voltage = Current x Resistance (V = IR)
Node - point on circuit where two or more circuit elements meet (usually in a parallel circuit)
LED - light-emitting diode
Proof of finished product:
REFLECTION:
I worked on this project with Mariana, who is my best friend so it was a lot of fun. It was very challenging though. We got very frustrated when the programming would not work. I believe that the project went well and was very successful. I was happy to learn about coding and circuits because I had barely any background in those two areas. During the work time we had in class I may have fooled around more than i should have so I could have improved on my focus to make the project better. Something that went well was the LED coding, but the thing that was the hardest was the sound programming.