My World Of Diodes And Circuit Booards

I have always loved and had an early flare for Electronics and Electronics-related setups ; it was a world that I am always drown into and desire joy in . I had pre-met mentors in the field also who inspired me with their achievements and progressive state . I never learnt the skill from anybody from the start, I grew up knowing that I could connect conducting wires to batteries and a resistive load to form a working circuit and will be left amazed to a running motor connected to a battery also.

So , I wanted to learn more and delve deep into the mysteries of circuits 'cause hey , who doesnt want to learn more ? - I then started researching on my own and jotting down the terms involved in Circuitry. I started with accessories of just a 9V battery, DC motor , jumper wires , switches, Light Emitting Diodes ( LEDs ) , resistors and sorts . I then learnt that there was more involved to the world of circuits than just an LED connected to a battery and left to lit up by itself ; I saw I could cause the LED to flicker at intervals set by me or dim/brighten the LED at will - i call the Exp 1 . When I first tried this out ( Exp 1 ) with assistance from a 555 timer, capacitors and resistors - my mind was literally blown away and I couldn't contain the joy ... I had to call my friends round and show them what I had done ; they were also amazed and applauded and sang praises to me 'cause we only see "flickering lights/LEDs" on Christmas trees and decorated places for events and our thoughts then were that the science and technology behind them were on a huge scale to be tackled only by big manufacturing companies .

This would bring me to my most ground breaking self-embarked project which is still the Lilly of my Valley - simply interpreted as the most cherished in my embarked circuitry journey . I dived into the world of IC chips, wireless transmissions and circuit panels - I made a RC modelled car even though it was short-ranged with a range of transmission of 2 ft .

THE JOURNEY INTO WIRELESS TRANSMISSION

I didn't just decide to jump into this all of sudden or out of the blues - Necessity is the mother of invention as they do say . Even though I am still a novice in this new profound journey , I already had some pre-laid basics . I made a small sized modelled car which only moves in the set direction after being switched on ( I attached a switch to the back of the modelled car ) ... it moves on and ahead without having a controller to direct or stop its motion . I then sat down to think that there must be a way for me to start the car , direct it , stop its motion, return it back to my position and more- all to be done remotely.

I went online and made research and knew what I had to do and what I had to get .. I ordered parts from an online store known as Jumia , even though it was expensive on my part.. it was a small price to pay for my inquisitiveness ...

I would continue on my journey in the next post .. thanks for reading and for your time