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Lab 3: Light, Limit + Motion

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5
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BUILD · COMPARE · CONTROL

Lab 3: Light, Limit + Motion

Use direction and resistance on purpose, then connect a user action to a visible result.

Days
6-7
Outputs
Light + motion
Grade
5 points

Day 6: LED + resistance

  1. Build the LED circuit with the specified resistor.
  2. Reverse the LED and record the result.
  3. Compare the 100-ohm and 1k resistors with the same LED circuit.
  4. Explain which change affected direction and which affected brightness.

Day 7: motor + status

  1. Build the motor circuit and keep clear of the fan.
  2. Reverse the motor connection and record direction.
  3. Build or diagram a teacher-selected system where a switch controls motion and a light shows system status.
  4. Trace input → path/process → output.

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The system communicates ___ because when the user ___, the circuit ___.