Introduction: Pop Up Circuit Card
Have fun "making"!
Donna
BCYF Menino Community Center
Boston, MA
INTRODUCTION
Creating a pop-up circuit card is a fun way to learn about circuits and practice design and troubleshooting skills.
Also visit http://makezine.com/projects/led-pop-up-cards/ where we found this fun idea
Materials List:
(Most of these supplies can be purchased on amazon.com)
- Card stock paper, variety of colors
- Paper scraps and arts and crafts bits for decorating
- Scissors
- Tape
- Glue sticks
- Pencils
- Markers, colored pencils etc.
- 5mm LEDS
- Cr2032 lithium 3 volt batteries
- ¼ inch copper tape
Please also feel free to use, share and modify the PDF attached below with all the instructions.
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Step 1: Folding the Paper
Take the piece of card stock that you want on the inside of your card and fold it in half. After you are done you can always add another piece of paper to serve as the outside of the card.
Step 2: Making the Pop Ups
Cut 2 two-inch parallel lines through the fold for each pop up. Doing this creates the ‘pop-up’ effect.You can have more than one if you want.
Step 3: Making Your Designs
Draw the designs that you wish to pop up, cut
them out and place them on the pop-up pieces using either tape or glue.
Step 4: Adding the LED
Put the LED where you want it to light up your design and separate the LED legs so that so they don’t touch and short circuit.
Step 5: The Battery and the Copper Tape
Decide where you want your battery and
switch and run the copper tape from the negative leg of the LED (the shorter
one) to the battery location.
Leave the copper tape a little longer if you are
not sure where you want your battery. The circuit works better if the tape is
all one piece.
Step 6: Attaching the Copper to the LED
Tape the copper tape on the negative end of
the LED, making sure it does not touch the positive end.
Use the non-sticky side of the tape touching the
LED’s leg. The sticky side is not as conductive.
Step 7: Adding Copper Tape to the Other Side
Now run the copper tape from the positive leg
of the LED (the longer one) to the battery’s location.
Step 8: Attaching the Tape to the Remaining LED Leg
Put the copper tape around the positive end
of the LED making sure that it doesn't touch the negative end.
Step 9: The Battery and Switch Cover
Use your tape to attach the negative run of
the copper tape to the negative side of the battery. Remember to have the
non-sticky side of the copper touching the battery.
Now design a
switch cover, out of paper scraps.
Use the
sticky side of the tape to attach it to your switch cover that way the
non-sticky side will be touching to the battery.
Step 10: Try It Out
Please feel free to use, modify, and share the below PDF with all the instructions.
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