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Breadboard Setup and Testing for micro:bit

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  • Breadboard Setup and Testing for micro:bit
    27
    • 1.1
      Connect the micro:bit to a Breadboard
    • 1.2
      What is a Breadboard?
    • 1.3
      Parts & Circuit
    • 1.4
      First Electrical Connections with a Breadboard
    • 1.5
      How To Connect Two Wires
    • 1.6
      Parts & Circuit
    • 1.7
      Script
    • 1.8
      Node Tests
    • 1.9
      Try This – Probing the Board
    • 1.10
      How it Works
    • 1.11
      Set Power for Circuits
    • 1.12
      Parts & Circuit
    • 1.13
      Script
    • 1.14
      Test the Supply Rails
    • 1.15
      How the Supply Rail Tests Work
    • 1.16
      Try This – Electrical Potential
    • 1.17
      CYBERscope Setup
    • 1.18
      CYBERscope Voltmeter
    • 1.19
      First Breadboard Circuit
    • 1.20
      Parts: LED and Resistors
    • 1.21
      Build the LED Circuit
    • 1.22
      Check & Test the LED Circuit
    • 1.23
      How the LED Circuit Works
    • 1.24
      Resistor Codes & Electron Flow
    • 1.25
      Try This – Change the Resistor
    • 1.26
      Review and Practice
    • 1.27
      Solutions

Check & Test the LED Circuit

Check your work!

  • The color bands on the resistor should be red-red-brown-gold.
  • The resistor’s leads should be plugged into a socket by the center rail’s red line and the right breadboard’s a-16 socket.
  • The LED’s longer lead should be plugged into the right breadboard’s d16 socket, and the shorter one into f16.
  • The black wire’s ends should be plugged into the right breadboard’s j-16 socket and the other end into a socket by the right power rail’s blue vertical line.

 

Test the Circuit

  • Reconnect the USB cable to your computer.
  • Did the light come on?  If not, go back over the Check Your Work list again.

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