University of Southern California The USC Andrew and Erna Viterbi School of Engineering Pre-College Summer Programs - Student Portfolios

Circuits Board

Team B (Anti-Theft Device) 92

The goal that we had to met is, designing a full circuit system that will do the following objective.
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0 Switch = Green Light
1 Switch = Yellow Light
2 Switches = Red Light
3 Switches = Alarm Sound

Team B (Anti-Theft Device) 91

Materials Given:

  • Red, Black, Yellow, Green Wires
  • Red, Yellow, Green LED
  • Alarm
  • Wire strippers
  • Circuits Board
  • Resistors
  • AA Batteries
  • AA Batterie holders

Team B (Anti-Theft Device) 73Team B (Anti-Theft Device) 75
Team B (Anti-Theft Device) 50Team B (Anti-Theft Device) 54

Objectives:

  • To wire the ciruits to light up the right switches in given conditions
  • Alarm should sound off when all switches are on

Challenges:

  • The light would sometimes not turn on, when the conditions are met
  • Did not draw out a design as a first step

Team B (Anti-Theft Device) 71Team B (Anti-Theft Device) 70Team B (Anti-Theft Device) 65Team B (Anti-Theft Device) 51Team B (Anti-Theft Device) 30
Team B (Anti-Theft Device) 45Team B (Anti-Theft Device) 48Team B (Anti-Theft Device) 25

Outcome: