The two are now joined together and this means that power from the battery can flow through the resistor. Then drag the wire to the red wire of the power supply. To do this left click and hold the breadboard hole under the left leg of the resistor. So to connect them we need to draw a wire between them. We have two components, our resistor and power supply, but they are not connected. Drag this to the Breadboard area and then place the resistor on top of the mini breadboard.
We once again use the spy / magnifying glass to search, but this time we are looking for a “mini breadboard” and it should appear as the third component on the top row. Using an LED means that we can reduce the amount of current that the LED can use and save the LED from burning out. This will give us a bright LED, but it will soon burn out. LEDs are very greedy and well take as much current as they can get.
The resistor is used to stop the LED from drawing too much current from the batteries. You will see that our resistor changes colour to Red-Red-Brown-Gold which is the correct four band colour code! We need to change the resistance to 220? so using the dropdown menu for “resistance” do this. Drag a resistor into the Breadboard area and then take a look in the Inspector section. This will be a resistor which can be found in the “Core” parts. So we have power, but now we need another component. Now drag this part into the main area, we positioned it a little to the left, enabling us to build the circuit on the right. Left click on the component and in the Inspector section you will see that it is a battery pack. When the search is complete look down the parts to find the “Battery” component. Once done type in “3V battery” and press ENTER. But before we can search Fritzing will need to scan all of the parts. Now go to the Parts section and click on the spy / magnifying glass to search. Click on it and press the Delete key on your computer, or you can right click and select “Delete”. We shall start our first circuit in Fritzing by deleting the large breadboard. For example if we select a resistor, we can change the resistance value to match our needs. Just under the parts section, the bottom right of the screen is the “Inspector” which provides detailed information about a part and enables us to edit the properties of a part. These are the parts with which we can make a circuit. To the top right you can see the components in a section called “parts”. This is called the Breadboard area and it is where we will build or circuits. Breadboarding projects is always the first step when designing a new project.
#Fritzing led windows#
In this tutorial we shall be using the Windows version.įritzing presents us with a large breadboard, a component that enables us to test circuits without soldering.
#Fritzing led install#
Download the version for your operating system and install as per the instructions.
#Fritzing led free#
The best way to learn more about Fritzing is to use it, so lets install and get started!įritzing is a free application available for Windows, OSX and Linux computers. We can even create a shopping list automatically in HTML format! We can then export those diagrams to use on the web or in Word / Powerpoint etc. With Fritzing we can design circuits on breadboards, protoboards and circuit boards. It is a powerful tool, yet it is accessible to all thanks to an interface that works in a similar manner to Adobe Illustrator / Inkscape.
#Fritzing led how to#