For the first part of our lab we had to create a physical computing project using paper, copper tape, a small battery, and a LED. I decided to make a small person sticking out their tongue, comparable to Bloo from Foster Home with a mix of plank from Ed, Edd, n Eddy. We were tasked with creating a circuit that creatively lights the LED, while also having a functioning switch that turns the circuit on and off. As you can see in the picture, I made the character have an LED tongue piercing and the tongue itself is the switch that turns the LED on and off when pressed.
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For the second part of our lab we had to create two circuits, series and parallel, on a breadboard.
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Series Circuit
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Parallel Circuit
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Once we completed the two types of circuits, we then had to pick one and transfer it to protoboard.
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After we transferred the circuit to protoboard we were tasked with making a creative enclosure to hold the circuitry. So I decided I would make a little monster that had the two blue LEDs as eyes. The monster also sits on the battery as a chair and when the 'chair' is rotated, his feet (wires) connect to the battery and light up his eyes. He can also ride the battery like a magic carpet and fly around wherever he pleases.
Creative Enclosure - Spray Paint Monster
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