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→Lab 2 - Voltage, Current, Resistance
== Activities ==
=== Part 1: Set up your 5V power supply===
Set up the voltage regulator on your breadboard. This chip, the LM7805 is a "5 volt regulator", meaning it takes an INPUT voltage ("+12V" from your adapter), and turns it into an OUTPUT voltage, +5V. It also needs to be connected to GROUND. This is a diagram of the regulator:
[[Image:7805_on_breadboard.jpg | 300px]]
Set up a light bulb on your board as to be a power indicator, as indicated shown in the images below:
[[Image:7805_schematic_w_bulb.png | 200px]]
[[Image:7805_with_power_light.jpg | 200px ]]