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Engineering Design Process

LED

Name: Audrey Kim


Date: 9/30/2024

Problem: How can we build an LED invention that will solve an everyday problem?

Research:
LED: Light Emitting Diode

Closed electrical circuit: a circuit without interruption, providing a continuous path through which a
current can flow.

Opened electrical circuit: a circuit where the path has been interrupted or "opened" at some point so that
current will not flow

Series circuit: one in which all circuit elements are arranged in a single path

Parallel circuit: a circuit in which the electric current passes through two or more branches or connected
parts at the same time before it combines again
Electric Insulator - Stops the flow of electricity. Some common insulators are plastic, wood, rubber, paper,
water, and glass.

Electric Conductor - Allows the flow of electricity. Some common conductors are gold, silver, bronze,
nickel, aluminum, and glass.

Image of an electric circuit with a switch:

LED Bulbs Regular Bulbs

● Can change colors ● Usually stay a neutral color


● Requires less energy ● Uses more energy
● Last longer ● Lasts for a shorter time
● Do not contain any mercury ● Contains mercury
● Not sensitive to cold temperatures ● Sensitive to cold temperatures
● Do not heat up ● Heat up
● More expensive ● Cheaper
Brainstorm:

My press switch works because when I tape the paperclip with the wire attached to it down, it is taped
onto the paper, not the aluminum tape. Then, when I press the paperclip down and the two conductors
come together, it creates a closed circuit and the LEDs light up.

My slide switch works because I used two paperclips that connect to each other and the aluminum tape,
keeping the flow of electricity flowing through the conductors when they are attached.
Choose: I listed items I needed and drew out ideas on paper. I decided to build a book light. I needed
pipe cleaners, batteries and a pack for them, wire strippers, duct tape, electrical tape, a cup, a binder clip,
hot glue, and the LED lights and wires.

Build: I had electricity coming from the LEDs’ twisted negative and positive wires connected to the
battery packs. The wires were safely covered by pipe cleaners and led to the cup casting the LEDs’ light
down to the book. Electrical tape acted as the insulators against the open wires so things wouldn’t get hot,
and because the inventions was a parallel circuit, if one of the lights failed, the others would still work.

Test: After testing my invention a few times, I realized that I needed more tape around the wires so they
wouldn’t get hot. Also, in order for the lights to stay on, I learned how the batteries should go in correctly,
with the negative side pressing against the springs and the positive side facing the opposite way.

Redesign: My final project was a little different from my original thinking, because it didn’t end up as
seamless and neat as I wanted it to be. I would redesign it to be more clean and neat, and also so it would
stand up on its own by adding more tape to make it sturdier.

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