Seriously, I'm brand new to this stuff and have never taken a class or anything. In fact, I just found out what a breadboard/protoboard was the other day and ordered one on ebay. So again, I know nothing about this stuff but I'm anxious to learn.
I want to make a circuit that can be set to light an LED and set off a buzzer at repeated intervals every 12 hours. I would also like to have the LED and buzzer turned off with the push of a button but to have it go off again 12 hours later. I want all of this to be on a very small scale (about the size of a quarter).
As mentioned, I bought a breadboard and have also purchased some 555 timers, 4020 ripple-carry binary counters, a 6 mm mini push button on/off, a 30 mm x 15 mm 8-ohm speaker, jumper wires, and a pack of small 1 volt watch batteries. I bought this stuff just by using logical reasoning in thinking about the circuit but again, I have no idea if this is at all what I need as I've never done anything like this at all.
So the question: What else will I need? How do I build this? If I'm in over my head (and I feel like I am), where can I go to get someone to build this for me for a small fee? How much would it cost to have someone more experienced do something like this?
HELP please!
I want to make a circuit that can be set to light an LED and set off a buzzer at repeated intervals every 12 hours. I would also like to have the LED and buzzer turned off with the push of a button but to have it go off again 12 hours later. I want all of this to be on a very small scale (about the size of a quarter).
As mentioned, I bought a breadboard and have also purchased some 555 timers, 4020 ripple-carry binary counters, a 6 mm mini push button on/off, a 30 mm x 15 mm 8-ohm speaker, jumper wires, and a pack of small 1 volt watch batteries. I bought this stuff just by using logical reasoning in thinking about the circuit but again, I have no idea if this is at all what I need as I've never done anything like this at all.
So the question: What else will I need? How do I build this? If I'm in over my head (and I feel like I am), where can I go to get someone to build this for me for a small fee? How much would it cost to have someone more experienced do something like this?
HELP please!