08/09/2012
Today I worked more with my electronics kit. I finished about 3-4 more experiments, so not many more left after today. I will probably finish by tomorrow. What I did today was make a few circuits, using an ac adapter as a power source that can use about 12 volts from an electrical socket. One experiment I had to use a bunch of alligator clips to connect all the wires, plus I also had to cut and strip some 22 gauge wire in order to connect certain parts of the circuit. It was pretty tedious and frustrating using so many alligator clips, and stripping the wires was definitely something I have never done before so it took a bit of time to get better at it. The circuits I did also used a relay and a pushbutton to let electricity flow through the circuit and into the relay, which would then light an led. After that circuit, the next one was very similar, except this time I used a capacitor in the circuit, replacing one of the wires I had previously used. After taking so much time to put these circuits together with so many alligator clips, the next experiment I basically had to do the exact same circuit, but set it up on a breadboard. Luckily, using the breadboard was so much easier than using alligator clips and It took much less time.  From reading about and making these circuits I am definitely learning alot about how the different parts work and what they do and It is definitely a good learning experience and I look forward to doing more tomorrow.