Ever since I saw the Laser Alarm Project on KipKay’s channel I knew it was something i wanted to make. I started by copying the circuit diagram down and then set to work trying to make the thing work. My RadioShack Electronics Learning Lab had all the components necessary to make it work and it was a case of getting technical and putting it together. I am very new to microelectronics and this was the first time i put a circuit together by just looking at it – so as it was my first time, it wasn’t going to be very easy. It took about an hour to work out how the cables all went together on the breadboard and finally i got it to work

Now i have it working on the breadboard the next stage is to put it together on a final IC board. That might be a little more complicated as i have never done it before. But I’m willing to try anything at least once

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1133002/protect_your_home_with_laserbeams/