Garage Door Breadboard Demo

How to put your first opener circuit together on a breadboard for initial testing.


Intro

The purpose of this session is to familiarize you with breadboards and get you prototyping quickly and easily.

Materials required.

For this session you will need

  • a bundle of breadboarding wire,
  • a breadboard,
  • an ESP32 S3 dev board,
  • a USB cable.
  • Male-female header wires
  • Transistor. NPN.
  • Two LEDs, one red, one green.
  • A small set of mixed resistors.
  • A 5V 1A (min) power supply
  • oscilloscope (preferred) or multimeter (minimum)

Call To Action

This tutorial is part of a bigger course called "Intelligent Product Design", which I am building out at https://backpack.danaukes.com/course/intelligent_product_design/. Please pardon the dust as I build it out.

If you just want the tutorial, you're in the right spot. But, if you need a little more, such as live lectures, a discussion board, or a community of other students, consider enrolling once the course opens. For now, please feel free to explore https://backpack.danaukes.com.

About

I am an engineer and educator, having spent ten years as a professor. My goal is to help you build your knowledge of design and technology, get your hardware working, and propel your startup or small business. Get in touch!

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