How to Match a Switch to a Circuit Bend

Video Transcript

"AMANDA CLAIRE: So I think that's kinda cool. Those two points are really close to each other. They both are active when they are connected to this other point where the alligator clip's connected now. So now you want to think, "All right, what's the best way to make a bend like that permanent?" And what I was thinking is because we do have kind of two different points here that cause that looping behavior when they're connected to this one point. Why don't we put in a single-pole-double-throw switch with an off position in the middle? That is the same, one of those rocker switches that when it's in the middle, you aren't making any connection when it's--let's say the one side were connecting this point with one of those two looping points, and when it's the other way we're connecting it to the other one. So that's just an example of a kind of thinking you want to do when you're doing circuit bending and you find some bends you like and you think, "Okay, what kind of interface do I want to build for that?" So what we'll do now is we'll get a single pole double throw switch for this particular bend or this pair of bends. We'll find the place on the case where we can sort of cut a hole and get that switch in there. We'll attach the switch and then we'll solder the wires between that switch and replace this on the circuit board, and then we'll have a control to activate that bend whenever we want to."