Wire Maze Game -- The Learning Circuit 14

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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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FINISHED GAME

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genebren over 7 years ago

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).
Gene
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genebren over 7 years ago

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).
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beacon_dave over 7 years ago in reply to genebren

I fairly recently saw a plumber's take on this game and it was crafted out of 15mm copper pipe for the maze and out of 8mm copper pipe for the wand.
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