Week 5.5

Since the last update, the group has met twice to work on the project. They first met on Thursday May 3rd and took a trip to RadioShack to purchase a diode and a capacitor. They next met on Sunday May 6th to work on updating and revising the blog for the upcoming week. The final design of the rectifying circuit was decided upon (Figure 5). The rectifier will change the alternating current made from the magnet passing through the coil of wire to a direct current. The charge created by the current can be stored in a capacitor (see References 1).

Figure 5