You especially must wear eye protection in lab this week. Glasses over the eyeballs, not popped up on your forehead. Your eyeballs will thank me later. 🙂👍
(not submitted) Use your multimeter to figure out how the three pin switch works
Video of LED Circuit on breadboard powered by CR2023 (3V lithium coin cell)
NOTE: Use the same components as me
NOTE: Include a three pin switch
NOTE: Take it apart after you get it working and put everything back
LED Circuit on a protoboard powered by USB C connector
NOTE: Use the same components as me
NOTE: Include a three pin switch
NOTE: You must include at least one solid core wire, but if you have (valid) moral objections to using wire in your circuit, you may work around this by attaching the wire to some random, irrelevant part of your protoboard.
2x Screenshots (1x top, 1x bottom) of 3D viewer of your board from the KiCad 9.0 tutorial
NOTE: Don't forget to silkscreen your names.
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Make a custom blue switch by soldering (clipped, stripped) jumper wires and adding (multiple layers of) heat shrink
NOTE: Ask Jim about how to do this before you start. I need to train you on the hot air station.
NOTE: You need to slip the smaller heat shrink over the wire (but NOT heat/shrink it) on BEFORE you solder (otherwise it won't fit) 🙂👍
Choose 2...
Model the switch (from the kicad tutorial) in Solidworks, export as STEP, and add to KiCad so you can see it in the 3D view :) NOTE: I have these exact switches in lab (a couple should be on the front desk you can borrow)
Add a custom outline (Edge.Cuts) to your board using a dxf you made in Conversation (or LAYOUT). Include mounting holes for M3 screws (NOTE: You can create the mounting holes themselves in KiCad, instead of LAYOUT, if easier.)
NOTE: Imagine the board is the lid of one of the little boxes we've been making 🙂👍
NOTE: The board outline should be no larger than 50mm x 50mm. Your hole pattern should be something reasonable, like a 40mm x 40mm square.