Electronic Fridays : Basic Electronics pt 2
February 9, 2010 by sniffit · Leave a Comment
Brought forward in light of CNY (02/14-02/15)
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- Continuation from last week
- Resistors
- Colour coding
- Resistors in series & in parallel
- Capacitors
- Understanding capacitor values
- Capacitors in series & in parallel
- Capacitor voltage rating
- Capacitor usage
- Choosing a project to work on as a group
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Electronic Fridays : Basic Electronics
February 9, 2010 by sniffit · Leave a Comment
The 1st session: Beginning Electronics
- Safety when handling electronic equipment and components.
- Tools of the trade. Knowing which tools to use and how to properly use them.
- Understanding Voltage, Current, Power and Energy
- Identifying components and their corresponding symbols
- Resistors
- Colour coding
- Resistors in series & in parallel
- Resistor usage
- Capacitors
- Understanding capacitor values
- Capacitors in series & in parallel
- Capacitor voltage rating
- Capacitor usage
- Power supplies
- Batteries
- AD/DC
- Transformers
- Basic Q&A
- Current limiting resistor, such as used in LED (where and when to use them)
- Why do we need capacitors & resistors
- Where can i get components (free/salvaged or otherwise)
- Good reference text to read
- Basic De-soldering
- Hands on De-soldering