
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Photoresistor and Speaker Circuit
Whoops! I lost my photoresister! Will update when I find a replacement.
Potentiometer and Speaker Circuit
Questions:
1. No, the speaker drops whatever voltage you put into it.
2. To make it louder, simply up the voltage!
3. Yes! But I wish the speaker didn't sound so horrible!
My Musical Instrument!
My instrument follows Crawford's model of interaction in the following ways: I listen to the sequence (Listen), think about the sequence (Think), and can then decide to alter the tempo with a potentiometer or change the sequence with a press of a button (Speak). My instrument responds to my input (Listen), executes a code based on that input (Think), and changes the output accordingly (Speak).
My instrument could be improved in many ways. Part of the problem is physical; I simply don't own as many buttons as I would like, so I am only equipped (currently) to make 4 different sequences. I also wish i had another potentiometer, which I would use to change the pitch in addition to the tempo. I also wish i had a better speaker, as this one is quite painful to listen to at any frequency. I also wish my instrument could make sounds other than just one (screeching) tone, but for this a better, more complex speaker is required.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Capacitor Discharging Circuit with LED Decay
Questions:
1. The Capacitor discharges through the LED because, when the switch is not pressed, there is still a complete circuit, however now the capacitor is functioning as the "battery". The capacitor is connected to the ground too but the current in the circuit is not flowing that way, because of the capacitor's battery like properties.
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