User:Asmith6980/ENES-100/Project 2/CDIO

Problem Statement
To understand how circuit lab works and to make a tutorial for everyone to understand. Here's how to find circuit lab.

Check out the circuit lab personal workbench that the team is using on the computer.

Background Knowledge
Knowing the basic symbols for schematic circuits is the first step to understanding circuits. Resistors resist the flow of electricity(There are many different types of resistors). Transistors are semiconductors that amplify or can switch the flow of electric current. A fuse stops the flow of electric current if circuit exceeds maximum power. A voltmeter allows the user to know how much voltage is flowing through the circuit. An ammeter allows the user to know how much current is flowing through the circuit.

Defining Function and Concepts
The resistor color code is a way to identify the magnitude of resistance that a resistor has. The first and second number determine the leading coefficients while the third band determine the multiplier. The multiplier multiplies the leading numbers by 10x to the corresponding number of the color band.

Problem 1
With understanding the already there are four power resistors(the green bars). However when it comes to the actual schematic drawing it only shows three power resistors(Top right hand corner).

Solution to Problem 1
After looking through the actual circuit and the schematic and help from the internet, it was determined that the circuit only showed three power resistors because the two middle resistors are in parallel so they act as one unit, allowing it to be shown as one resistor.

Next Steps
To create a tutorial in plain words on the theory of operation of the circuit that has been created.

Tutorial
This is an already made Youtube video of a tutorial on how to use Circuit lab on any smart phone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yADsi5W-Lls