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Author:StumpChunkman
link: http://youtu.be/rg8dMVCfwSM
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ResistorCircuit.zip (31 KB) [NOTE: When saving, if you see .tmp as the file ext, rename it to 'ResistorCircuit.zip']
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Step 2: Tutorial
In order to run the application, download Processing, ControlP5, and the zip file in the intro step. Install Processing, then install the ControlP5 library according to your systems requirements . Finally, once everything is installed, and you've run Processing and know where your sketch folder is, you're ready for this sketch. Unzip the ResistorCircuit.zip file (linked in the first step) to your sketch folder. Open Processing, in the file drop down, select Sketchbook, and then select ResistorCircuit. All files should be opened. You can click the run button to start the code. When you first run the code, you'll be presented with a tutorial on how the interface works. You can look at the image over text for further explanations.
Image Notes 1. Guess what this does. 2. Contains basic information on what's happening in the circuit. 3. All the controls needed to interface with the program. 4. Circuit Selections menu. Lets you choose between a series and parallel circuit. 5. Main window.
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Image Notes 1. Default window once tutorial is skipped. Options for both series and parallel present in menu below.
Step 3: Errors
I've done my best to anticipate any errors that might come up and pre-code for them. There is still one issue in the program, I didn't want to create another set of code for the tutorial circuit, so one of the resistors changes all of the circuit's information but isn't represented in the visualization. It was around this point that I got a bit tired of programming.
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Image Notes 1. Battery ground is connected directly to power, you blew up the battery, you should add some resistance.
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Image Notes 1. More Wattage then should be put here, the resistor might explode.
Image Notes 1. R1 color 2. R2 color 3. R3 color 4. Background colors associate R1, R2 and R3 with values in the details section below.
Image Notes 1. Only one color for series as Current in series in constant throughout the circuit.
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Image Notes 1. One color for voltage, as voltage in parallel doesn't change.
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