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=Radioshack Electronics Learning Lab Collaborative Lab Reports=

Group Members' Names: Grant

Group Name: Grant

Write in third person in all cases as well as in complete sentences.

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LED Flasher  - Function of the circuit: The function of the circuit is to get an LED to light up. Electricity is to flow through a circuit to reach the LED and make it glow.

- Components used in the circuit (listing with basic definitions): Electrical Wires – used to allow electricity to flow from point A to point B LED – uses electricity to produce light Integrated Circuit – integrate different components into a circuit Resistors – used to keep the bylbs from blowing out Diodes-causes the electricity to pass another way by blocking the flow

-Explanation of difficulties encountered while creating the circuit: The LED anodes and cathodes must be noted when it is being plugged in. Also the Integrated circuit must be in the right way, because pin 1 has to be in a certain slot. The capacitor anode and cathode had to be noted as well.

- Multimedia (Images, Interviews, Videos- make sure to title and number them)

Black Box Circuit
- Function of the circuit: The function of the circuit is to find out what is going on inside the bredboard. Electricity is to flow through the wires and connect to resistors and capacitors and get a speaker to emit a buzzing sound.

- Components used in the circuit (listing with basic definitions): Electrical Wires – used to allow electricity to flow from point A to point B Integrated Circuit – integrate different components into a circuit Resistors – used to keep bulbs from burning out Diode – allows electricity to flow in one direction Capacitors – allow electricity to flow in more than one direction Speaker – uses electricity to make a loud buzzing sound

- Explanation of difficulties encountered while creating the circuit: The circuit was hard to perfect, and it had to be trouble-shot before it was perfect. I had to read off the list again and check each wire for the correct connections so that it worked.

- Multimedia (Images, Interviews, Videos- make sure to title and number them)

Dual LED Flasher  - Function of the circuit: The function of the circuit is to get 2 LEDs to flash on and off when the 1m Potentiometer is rotated. Electricity is to flow through a circuit of wires and capacitors and resistors to reach the LEDs.

- Components used in the circuit (listing with basic definitions): Electrical Wires – used to allow electricity to flow from point A to point B LED – uses electricity to produce light, 2 LEDs in this circuit can be switched on and off with a potentiometer <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Integrated Circuit – integrate different components into a circuit <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Resistors – used to keep the bulbs from blowing out <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Diodes-causes the electricity to pass another way by blocking the flow

-Explanation of difficulties encountered while creating the circuit: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The LED anodes and cathodes must be noted when it is being plugged in or else it wont light up. Also the Integrated circuit must be in the right way, because pin 1 has to be in a certain slot. The capacitor anode and cathode had to be noted as well. The Integrated circuit had some problems in this circuit. I flipped it around 5 times and it finally worked, but I dont know why.