{"id":18,"date":"2012-09-19T19:12:31","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T19:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brettjpeterson.com\/blog\/?p=18"},"modified":"2012-09-19T19:24:56","modified_gmt":"2012-09-19T19:24:56","slug":"ketchup-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brettjpeterson.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/19\/ketchup-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Ketchup Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/49627419\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/49627419\">ketchup_switch<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/ptterb\">brett peterson<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For last week&#8217;s assignment we were asked to create a simple switch that, when closed, would turn on an LED. After watching my daughter spread food all over her highchair tray one night, I decided to try and use ketchup. Peep the video above for the results.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t sure if the ketchup would conduct electricity at first, so I just decided to try it. I also found that the resistance of the ketchup was great enough that I could take the 220 Ohm resistor out of the circuit and still safely light the LED.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-18 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/brettjpeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_7601.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/brettjpeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_7601-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/brettjpeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_7602.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/brettjpeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_7602-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/brettjpeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_7603.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/brettjpeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_7603-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/brettjpeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_7598.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/brettjpeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_7598-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/brettjpeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_7599.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/brettjpeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_7599-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/brettjpeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_7608.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/brettjpeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_7608-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ketchup_switch from brett peterson on Vimeo. For last week&#8217;s assignment we were asked to create a simple switch that, when closed, would turn on an LED. After watching my daughter spread food all over her highchair tray one night, I decided to try and use ketchup. Peep the video above for the results. 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