Beginning Breadboarding: Physical Computing and the Basic Building Blocks of Computers

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5. Interacting with Electricity via Buttons and Switches! (Electromechanical Components)

Jennifer Fox¹  

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Seattle, WA, USA

 

Pushbuttons: Hang onto Your Switch!

You made it to Chapter 5! If you haven’t tried to build a circuit on your own yet, you’ve learned enough to give it a go (i.e., without a diagram). In this chapter, we’ll learn about electromechanical components by building circuits with new kinds of components.

Grab These Materials

• Half-size breadboard

• Coin cell in battery case

• 3 jumper wires

• 1 pushbutton

• 1 LED

Project 5-1: Light at Our Fingertips

Let’s build a circuit where we can turn ...