Week 2
Paper electronics
First we had to think about a circuit. What we want to do, where do we
have to put the battery?
Where do we have to put the switch? And where do you have to put the LED?
lso you have to make shure that you have enough power for the LEDs. On the
box with the LEDs
you can check how much power you need for each lamp.
If you thought about this you have to prepare the materials and start s
ticking the copper tape to
the template that was given.
You can tape the copper in two ways: as one continuos line or you
can cut the tape to make it
look more accurate. When you decide to cut
the tape you have to solder all the cutted parts, but if
you tape the
copper tape as a continuos line you just have to solder the parts that
are uneven. For
example when you do a rounded circuit, just like I did.
Before soldering you have to go through secruity instructions and heat your device.
When it’s heated you have to put the tip of the soldering device to the
place you want to connect.
Then put the soldering metal to the tip and
melt it to solder the copper tape.
I first soldered the LED lamps and then soldered the copper tape at the round edges.
The place the battery in the plase and test it with the switch.