Well, turns out I know less about electronics than I should/this project is more complicated than I thought.
All I know is that this lightbulb isn’t turning on. There are dozens of things that could be making it not work, and I have no clue which it might be, and it of course could be several things…
Jonesy suggested I recast it as “a conceptual journey, where modern man struggles to rebuild his surroundings after realizing he has no idea how most modern inventions work.” He referenced this windmill kid, and, interestingly, the first thing I made for this class, I titled “Quixote.”
So I might pull off a project yet.