Step 1
Circuit Design
Step 2
Stick the Paper Tape to the Circuit Page and add LED
Ideas and Inspirations
I planed to build a villa with a garden. When the door of the fence is closed, the green light (covered by a tree) will turn on; when the door of the maison is closed, the yellow light (covered by the maison) will turn on. This will be a parallel circuit as both lights can turn on at the same time.
The images for the blueprint and final product are attached below.
I discharged the garden as the green light suddenly doesn’t work when I put everything together.
Step 1
Circuit Design
Step 2
Stick the Paper Tape to the Circuit Page and add LED
Step 4
Add Architecture and Decorations
Step 3
Stability Test and Add “Ground” to the Model
Step 5
Add Fences and Doors, Remove Redundant LEDs
Step 6
Final version showcase, The Green LED Somehow Didn’t Work So It Was Removed
Eventhough I personally didn’t have any experience with either circuit design or architectural design, I grew up in a family where everyone except me is pursing a career in engineering. I grew up with copper wire and CAD, I thus didn’t feel the topic was outside my comfort zone.
My confidence level grew as I moved through the lab. I tried several circuit designs in order to make my project creative, while the first two designs where disasters. I either got a short circuit which almost destroyed the battery or made the circuit contain way too many LEDs which was not even operational. I was so disappointed by my designs.
I then started to reflect my design and also my designing process. As metacognition theory proposed, recognized one’s capacity and limitation in conducting a task is vitally important. I thus modify my circuit design into a simpler one while which was relatively doable and finished the project successfully, which greatly helped me to rebuild my confidence.