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Nerdkits: Schematics For "The Nerdkits Guide" Projects

Schematics can be a useful tool to understand a circuit, but they are missing some fundamental pieces of information. The temperature sensor IC is used to provide an analog voltage proportional to the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. A 555 timer is used to calculate the time it takes to blink an LED.

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Nerdkits: Schematics For "The Nerdkits Guide" Projects

Schematics can be a useful tool to understand a circuit, but they are missing some fundamental pieces of information. The temperature sensor IC is used to provide an analog voltage proportional to the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. A 555 timer is used to calculate the time it takes to blink an LED.

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NerdKits
Schematics for
“The NerdKits Guide” Projects
Schematics for The NerdKits Guide Projects
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A Brief Word about Schematics

One way that electronics hobbyists and electrical engineers alike communicate about
circuits is with schematics, which are simple diagrams indicating how various
components are connected. The basic notation is quite simple, with lines indicating
various components connected with wires.

However, while schematics can provide a concise description of a circuit, they are
missing some fundamental pieces of information. If you were to build the circuit,
schematics are sometimes missing information about component footprints or
pinouts – perhaps indicating what pin #1 is connected to, but not indicating where pin
#1 physically is on the package. On the other side, if you want to understand how
the circuit works, schematics often require a great deal of cross-referencing with
datasheets. For microcontroller circuits in particular, there's a tremendous amount of
information in the code, and the schematic is just one small piece of the puzzle.

Schematics can be a useful tool to understanding a circuit, but we want you to


understand that in the world of microcontrollers, they are generally most useful in the
context of other information, like datasheets, pinouts, and source code and
comments. We encourage you to understand the circuit, as opposed to just
recreating it from these schematics. As always, if you have questions, our forums are
a fantastic resource.
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Temperature Sensor Project
The LM34 temperature sensor IC is used to provide an analog voltage proportional
to the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.
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Blinking an LED
A single LED is connected to PC4.
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DIP Switch Arithmetic
Six DIP switches are connected to PC0 through PC4 with internal pull-up resistors.

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