Week 6 - Journey

This week's assignment was to build and program a smart circuit using an Arduino UNO which reads a signal from an input component to control an action component using Code Blocks. This week I put my mind on making a 7-segment display that shows on and off letters that by being controlled by a slid switch.

This week I decided to be creative as when searching for inspiration I couldn't find anything that I liked so I opened Tinkercad and started playing around with components I I reached this idea.

This week, for the tools I used, I used Tinkercad to design and simulate the circuit I wanted to apply in real life. As for the programming for the arduino I used the code blocks feature in Tinkercad then copied the text form of the code and used arduino app to upload the code to the app. When applying the wiring process I used a mini-breadboard, slide switch, 220 ohms resistance, 7 segment display, male-male wires, and an arduino uno.

For the design of the assignment this week, I used Tinkercad website. At first, I chose to create a new circuit, after that I chose the components that I wanted to use this week in my circuit. I chose arduino uno, slide switch, 7-segment common cathode display, and 220 ohms resistance. I then attached the two terminals of the slide switch to the 5v and GND of the arduino. As for the common pin, I attached it to pin number 11. I then started to attach the pins of the 7-segment I attached it alphabetically ascendingly arranged from 0 to 6 and color-coded by the arrangement of colors as in the list of colors of wires in Tinkercad list. Then for the common cathode of the 7-segment, I connected the 220 ohms resistance in series and the other terminal of the resistor I connected it to the ground of the arduino.

For the application process I used the tools from my kit. I used arduino uno, 7-segmnet display, slide switch, 220 ohms resistance and male-male wires. I connected the slide switch with the arduino so that one terminal is at 5v pin and the other terminal is at GND terminal. As for the common in the slide switch I connected it to pin number 11. I then connected the pins of the 7-segment display in alphabetical order ascendingly with pins from 0 to 6 arranged ascendingly as well. I connected a 220 ohms resistance in series with common cathode pin in 7-segment display. Once satisfied with the wiring of the circuit I head to the coding part where I chose the coding on Tinkercad in Blocks+Text format then copied the code given and pasted it in arduino coding application. I then saved the file and compiled it then uploaded the code to the arduino board using the blue connection wire.