Introduction to electronics second session
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This document provides an introduction and overview of electronics concepts including: - A review of short circuits, series vs parallel circuits, resistance, and basic components like resistors, switches, batteries, breadboards. - Descriptions of key electronics terms like resistance, resistors, switches, batteries and how they function in circuits. Resistors add resistance, switches open and close circuits, batteries store power. - An assignment to build circuits using resistors, batteries, switches, an LED, speaker, transistor, potentiometer and integrated circuit on a breadboard to apply the concepts learned.
Introduction to electronics second session
- 1. Introduction to Electronics November 03, 2015
- 2. Second Session Syllabus Review short circuits Series vs. Parallel Resistance Basic Components
- 3. Review Electricity “AC - DC” Ohm’s Law “ E = I x R ” Multimeter Circuits
- 8. Series vs. Parallel Series When things are wired in series, things are wired one after another, such that electricity has to pass through one thing, then the next thing, then the next, and so on. Parallel When things are wired in parallel, they are wired side by side, such that electricity passes through all of them at the same time, from one common point to another common point.
- 9. Resistance
- 10. Resistance
- 11. Resistance For instance, in the circuit above, the Lamp that electricity is flowing through is adding resistance to the flow of electricity. Thus, all of the electricity passing through the circuit is being put to use. Likewise, if electricity passes through a component that does not add enough resistance to the circuit, a short will likewise occur ”Ohm’s Law” It is very important to prevent short circuits by making sure that the positive voltage is never wired directly to ground.
- 12. Resistance That said, always keep in mind that electricity always follows the path of least resistance to ground. “What this means is that if you give positive voltage the choice to pass through a lamp to ground, or follow a wire straight to ground, it will follow the wire because the wire provides the least resistance. This also means that by using the wire to bypass the source of resistance straight to ground, you have created a short circuit. Always make sure that you never accidentally connect positive voltage to ground while wiring things in parallel. Also note that a switch does not add any resistance to a circuit and simply adding a switch between power and ground will create a short circuit.”
- 13. Resistors
- 14. Resistors you could simply look up the values using a graphical resistance calculator
- 15. Resistors resistors add resistance to the circuit and reduces the flow of electrical current. It is represented in a circuit diagram as a pointy squiggle with a value next to it. Resistors also come with different wattage ratings. For most low-voltage DC circuits, 1/4 watt resistors should be suitable.
- 16. Switches
- 17. Switches A switch is basically a mechanical device that creates a break in a circuit. When you activate the switch, it opens or closes the circuit. This is dependent on the type of switch it is. ● Normally open (N.O.) switches close the circuit when activated. ● Normally closed (N.C.) switches open the circuit when activated.
- 18. Batteries
- 19. Batteries A battery is a container which converts chemical energy into electricity. To over-simplify the matter, you can say that it "stores power." ● By placing batteries in series you are adding the voltage of each consecutive battery, but the current stays the same. ● By placing batteries in parallel the voltage remains the same, but the amount of current available doubles.
- 20. BreadBoards
- 21. BreadBoards ● In the central part there are two columns of rows that are side-by- side. This is designed to allow you to be able to insert an integrated circuit into the center. After it is inserted, each pin of the integrated circuit will have a row of electrically continuous holes connected to it. ● On each edge of the breadboard, there typically runs two continuous bus lines. One is intended as a power bus and the other is intended as a ground bus.
- 22. HomeWork
- 23. HomeWork Resistors ¼ Watt: 1KΩ - 47Ω - 470Ω - 10 KΩ BAttery: 9V - 3V ”2 Batteries 1.5volt” SPST toggle switch - LED - Bread Board - Small Speaker Transistor: 2N3906 Potentiometer: 1MΩ Integrated circuit: LM555
- 24. HomeWork