Saturday, January 13, 2018

Lab 2: Introduction To Using A Breadboard

In this lab we practiced building a circuit on a solderless breadboard.  The solderless breadboard is an easy way to experiment with different circuit configurations because you can instantly attach and disconnect components at will without using any solder or connectors.  The breadboard has metal strips that connect columns and rows of holes together.  The metal strips are springy so when a solid-core (not stranded) wire is inserted, the metal strip grabs hold of the wire.



We used an LED and a 1.0K ohm resistor, along with our 5V power supply to practice constructing a circuit on a breadboard.  Here is the assembled circuit with LED lit up.



The LED is lit up and not exploding because the resistor is in the circuit.  The positive and negative leads of the power supply are going into the positive and negative rails of the breadboard.

Lab 2 finished!

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