Snap Circuits® - Snapduino Solar

Overview

What Are Snap Circuits?

Snap Circuits makes learning electronics easy and fun! Learn how to integrate Snap Circuits with your hardware. Fun for Kids!

Introductory Project

If you have not completed the introductory project, please see Snap Circuits - Introduction. This project also contains a complete index of Snap Circuit projects.

Let's Get Started

Project Objective

This experiment will run the Snapduino from a solar cell.

Building the Circuit

The minimum set requirement for this project is SC-750 and the Snapduino. Build the following circuit by following the directions in the PDF file:

Scroll down to see and download the PDF file containing complete build instructions (the PDF file can also be found in the GitHub repository).

Completed Circuit

How this Works

The Circuit

The circuit is a simple LED flasher similar to ones we have built in other projects. The power to run the Snapduino and the LED comes from the sun or a light source via the solar panel.

The Software

The sketch sets the pin connected to the LED to OUTPUT mode and then turns the LED on for one second and then off for one second repeating this pattern indefinitely.

Try the circuit in various lighting conditions to see much light is necessary to get the LED flashing.