"To Latch or Not to Latch?" asks Jimmy

 

    So Jimmy is like any other normal cat, he like to play with any small loose knick-knack that is just laying around for him. A lot of those can be expensive or important if they are related to PCs at all. So I obtained a little chest to store them in and lock away "his toys." What if I forget to close it though? Thus, my entry into the Unconventional Switch assignment it a latch switch that turns on an LED when the latch to the little chest is closed.

    The switch itself is connected to my circuit playground microprocessor through my computer. It sends v5 into my bread board through the vOut port. It passes through a 100 ohm resistor and an alligator clip that is attached to the latch. There is a piece of aluminum where the latch connects and is connected by an alligator clip back to the bread board. It finally passes through the red LED, and back out into the
ground.