Unconventional Switch: Team 12 - Michael Kocis & Ricky Elia

 

Our unconventional switch utilizes a marker and its cap. Alligator clips are taped to the body of a marker and the cap so that when the cap is attached to the marker, the wires touch and current flows, allowing the LED to turn on. Power flows from the battery, through a 100 ohm resistor into the LED, and then goes through the marker attachment before returning to ground. The LED is on when the cap is secure on the marker, and turns off when the cap is removed. The concept behind this is that the LED serves as an indicator for whether someone has placed the cap on their marker to stop it from drying out.

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