A Better Alarm System

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CHAPTER ONE Design Thinking and Identifying a Problem Have you ever had an idea so great it could solve a problem for you or someone else Maybe your idea could make someone’s life easier or better Makers have these ideas all the time they even design and build some of them Being a maker is cool and can lead you into the world of professional designers called engineers And if you get good at electronics you may want to explore the field of electrical engineering Are you the type of person who wonders how electricity makes fan blades move Or how the batteries in a flashlight make the light come on You can use electric components to solve a problem in your own life One of the cool things about electronic experiments is that solutions can be simple or complex the difficulty will depend on your design and your experience level with electronics If you are new to electronics you may start by solving problems with a simple circuit and a switch Once you have a lot of experience with electronics you might build a sensor that transmits a signal over the internet 4