Electronics Product Evaluation

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Electronics Product Evaluation In my GCSE Major project for DT electronic products, I wasn't pleased with my circuit, as however many times I tested it, it wouldn't work. However, I think the rest of my project went well.The first thing I did was design my circuit by computer. I based it on one published in Everyday Practical Electronics Magazine, although I made some alterations to it to suit my specifications. This was then etched in copper onto my printed circuit board. Next to be added were the components. After going down to Maplins to buy what I needed, I drilled holes in my PCB and soldered them in. This was one area where I had problems because sometimes as soon as
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the solder dried I noticed it hadn‚t stuck onto the PCB and I had to do it again. Needless to say it took me a lengthy period of time to solder every component.The casing wasn‚t as tricky for me to make. Two of the boxes I made were for two separate teams in a pub quiz and both contained of just a large push-button. The main box was designed for the referee of the game to monitor who answered the questions first, and consisted of the main circuit, an on/off switch and a reset switch. To make the main box ...

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