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Karen works on a Wire Maze game. The object of the game is to move a loop from one end of the maze to another without letting them touch. If they touch then you lose. This version of the game was designed with a traditional buzzer and a silent setting with LEDs. |
The two wires act as a switch, opening and closing the circuit. There’s a second switch for selecting the mode you want. ,She uses a SPDT switch that is On-Off-On so you can select either setting, but still turn the game off. To make the circuit she puts the wire loop and maze after the battery pack, but before the mode switch. After the mode switch, the LEDs and the speaker are in their own circuit, each connected to one of the terminals on the switch.
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That is amazing! I feel like I need to go watch the rest of that show now!
There were around 161 episodes in the first TV series, then around 26 episodes in the sequel TV series. Should keep you occupied for a while
Karen,
What a fun little project. I can remember building similar things as a kid, but we did not have any cool LEDs.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane (ditto to beacon_dave , that was always a fun show…