PANGAN, ZACARIAS LANCELOT, C.

October 14, 2020

BSECE – I

Activity 1
 
List of Materials Needed: 

1. Power Supply – 9V DC Battery

2. Switch – toggle type /SPST Switch/
3. LED – Red 

Step 1: Add components from the Gallery

For you to add components from the gallery, you must first look for the gallery window
at the left side of the livewire, from there a series of categorized folders will be provided, choose
the appropriate group from which the part you are looking for belongs, in this activity we are to
find the 9V DC Battery which can be found in the “power supply” section, while the toggle type
switch (SPST) Switch can be found in the “input components”, the for the last component which
is the LED light which is found in the “output components” section. Drag the preferred
component from gallery window to the blank panel in the livewire.

Step 2: Wire components together

To wire components together, left click and drag the end corner of the preferred
component using your mouse pointer, then hover the mouse pointer from where you wanted to
connect the component, click at the end corner of the other component for you to connect the
wire. In this activity, we connected the positive charge of the DC battery into the (SPST) Switch
and then we connected the (SPST) Switch into the LED light, from the LED light going back
into the other end or negative charge of the DC battery.

Step 3: Change component values

To change the values and model of the component, double click the preferred component,
from there a window will most likely to appear letting you change the value and model by either
typing a new input or clicking the up or down arrows which varies into the increase and decrease
of the value of the component. After changing the value or the model, click ok so the changes
made will be saved. In this activity, there is nothing much value or model to change since it is
the required classification is already given into the gallery window.
Step 4: Simulate the circuit

In order for you simulate the circuit you built in the livewire, look for the play button
found in the tool bar above from where you built your circuit then click the button, you can also
click the function key F9 as a shortcut.

Step 5: View circuit animation 

The animation will likely appear after clicking the play button at the toolbar above, in
order for you to see the different animation such as the voltage and current flow, look for the
panels at the very left of your screen in the livewire software, then click which category of the
panel you prefer to show animation, from there you will most likely see either the charges
produced in the different sides of wire, or the flow of current from positive to negative charges.
In this activity, the LED light showed an exploding animation right after we started the
animation.

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LED Result

 Lighted “On”
- When the LED lighted “on”, it most likely tells us that the components adheres the
given value and connection they have. The LED will most likely turn on when the
(SPST) switch connects the positive charge of the battery with the output component,
in this activity; the circuit did not lighted “on”
 Lighted “Off”
- When the LED lighted “off”, most probably either the switch is not toggled, or there
is a problem between the value and the connectivity of the component. In this
activity, the LED is lighted off whenever the (SPST) Switch is not toggled, in result;
there is no flow of positive charge between the LED light and the negative charge of
the battery. In this activity, the circuit lighted off due to lack of control in which did
not adhere the capacity of the voltage of the LED.
Functionality of Circuit:

 “Operational”
- The system will most likely be operational when the (SPST) Switch is toggled, for
there will be a flow of current throughout the circuit together with the light bulb from
which will enable its functionality, In this activity, the LED light did not operate fully
functional for it malfunction in the early process of testing.
 “Exploded”
- The circuit would explode if the given quantity of the voltage is higher that the
capacity needed in order for the LED light to be functional. In this activity the LED
light simulated an explosion due to the overpowering of voltage into the needed
capacity, it would probably cause a short circuit which will likely destroy the LED
light component which happened in this activity.

Discussion

The activity gave the idea on how to use livewire as electronics engineering and how it
helps in terms of conducting trials which is more material and cost efficient. The activity 1
despite the simplicity of the construction of the circuit, gave us ideas about the relationship of
each component and how they function as a system, it most likely tells us the significance of
preferring which component varies to one another, for choosing the wrong options will destroy
the whole circuit together with the output component to which we seek for functionality.

Conclusion

As an engineering student, we must be mindful about the basic functionality on how each
component interconnects. It is also important to know the basic quantities to which will be used
in measuring the capacity in order to make a circuit work. In this activity, we learned a lot about
the basic fundamentals of a circuit, knowing that LED lights are prominent and is relying on the
amount of voltage given by the power supply, without the proper value or control in the voltage,
LED lights would most likely malfunction. The given amount of 9V exceeded the capacity of the
LED light, which gaved the exploding animation or the malfunction of LED light, in result,
destroying the circuit.
Activity 2

List of Materials Needed: 

1. Power Supply – 9V DC Battery

2. Switch – toggle type /SPST Switch/
3. LED – Red 
4. Resistor – 680 Ohms

Step 1: Add components from the Gallery

For you to add components from the gallery, you must first look for the gallery window
at the left side of the livewire, from there a series of categorized folders will be provided, choose
the appropriate group from which the part you are looking for belongs, in this activity we did the
same as the activity one in which we found the 9V DC Battery found in the “power supply”
section, while the toggle type switch (SPST) Switch in the “input components”, the for the last
component which is the LED light in the “output components” section , in addition we are also to
find the resistor in which can be found in the “passive component” category.

Step 2: Wire components together

To wire components together, left click and drag the end corner of the preferred
component using your mouse pointer, then hover the mouse pointer from where you wanted to
connect the component, click at the end corner of the other component for you to connect the
wire. In this activity we connected the positive charge of the DC battery into the (SPST) Switch
and then we connected the (SPST) Switch into the LED light, we also connected a resistor
between the LED and the negative charge side of the battery.

Step 3: Change component values

To change the values and model of the component, double click the preferred component,
from there a window will most likely to appear letting you change the value and model by either
typing a new input or clicking the up or down arrows which varies into the increase and decrease
of the value of the component. After changing the value or the model, click ok so the changes
made will be saved. In this activity we changed the value of the resistor since the default amount
is set to 1K, we then change the value into only 680 Ohms.

Step 4: Simulate the circuit

In order for you simulate the circuit you built in the livewire, look for the play button
found in the tool bar above from where you built your circuit then click the button, you can also
click the function key F9 as a shortcut.
Step 5: View circuit animation 

The animation will likely appear after clicking the play button at the toolbar above, in
order for you to see the different animation such as the voltage and current flow, look for the
panels at the very left of your screen in the livewire software, then click which category of the
panel you prefer to show animation, from there you will most likely see either the charges
produced in the different sides of wire, or the flow of current from positive to negative charges.
In this activity, the LED light showed full functionality the moment we toggled the (SPST)
switch.

---Continuation of data results---

LED Result

 Lighted “On”
- When the LED lighted “on”, it most likely tells us that the components adheres the
given value and connection they have. The LED will most likely turn on when the
(SPST) switch connects the positive charge of the battery with the output component,
in this activity the LED lighted on and showed full functionality, indicating its
designated color which is red.
 Lighted “Off”
- When the LED lighted “off”, most probably either the switch is not toggled, or there
is a problem between the value and the connectivity of the component. In this
activity, the LED is lighted off whenever the (SPST) Switch is not toggled, in result;
there is no flow of positive charge between the LED light and the negative charge of
the battery. In this activity, the light did not lighted off, which means there is no
malfunction within the circuit.
Functionality of Circuit:

 “Operational”
- The system will most likely be operational when the (SPST) Switch is toggled, for
there will be a flow of current throughout the circuit together with the light bulb from
which will enable its functionality, In this activity, the circuit is fully operational with
the LED light managing to show its full function.

 “Exploded”
- The circuit would explode if the given quantity of the voltage is higher that the
capacity needed in order for the LED light to be functional. In this activity the LED
light simulated an explosion due to the overpowering of voltage into the needed
capacity, it would probably cause a short circuit which will likely destroy the LED
light component. In this activity no sign of explosion happened, indicating the
balance of the flow of the voltage in the LED light.

Discussion

The activity2 showed a lot of difference compared to what happened in trial 1 with the
resistor added. It told us the significance of the resistor in terms of balancing the circuit, as if it
was only a one component in which managed to make the whole circuit fully functional.

Conclusion

With the resistor added, the circuit manages to maintain the balanced of the voltage in
which suffices the needs of the LED light for it to function properly, compared to trial 1 in which
exploded in the instance the (SPST) switch connected the circuit, in activity 2 the light
functioned the instance the circuit is closed, showing a full flow of negative and positive charges
in equilibrium.

Which of the (2) is effective? with or without the resistor? Why?

- The activity which gave the effectiveness or showed the full functionality of the
referred component which is the LED light is the trial number 2 which is with
resistor.
- The resistor gave balance enough to make the LED light component fully functional
throughout the trial, compared to trial 1 which gave the raw voltage directly into the
LED light which made it explode. Resistor is vital especially to components such as
the LED in which the right quantity of the voltage is the key to either make it work,
or destroy the circuit.