Notes 8/29/16

Components:

used to constructive push electricity to do work. complex organizations to control resistance, currents, voltages

General types of components:

• two types of components: through hole/surface mount tech
• both get soldered to attache to circuit
• through hole: older tech
• "legs" that pass through board
• surface mount: newest tech
• smaller form factor (dramatic at times)
• sits on the board, soldered same time

Battery

• batteries are a store of electrical potential
• supply direct current DC
• Come in a variety of voltages (V) and capacities known as Ampere-Hours (Ah)
• body of rechargeable battery will often be marked with milliAmp-Hours (mAh)

switch

• the fundamental purpose is to connect a section of a circuit
• typical application: connect the power
• the diagramming for a simple switch illustrates a toggle that is broken
• there are many other forms of switches for special circumstances

more on switches

• switches can have a variety of characteristics, some important terms
• pole: number of switch 

• momentary : switch returns to its normal position when released
• latching : stays at last state until triggered again

Resisters

• Resistance: amount any component in the circuit resists the flow of current 
• measured in ohms; Ω
• common values and multipliers
• kilohm (thos) kΩ
• megaohm (millions) mΩ

Capacitors

• capacitors( caps) come in variety of forms and materials
• caps store an amount of electrical potential to provide a boost current, deliver a large burst of energy
• metaphor of a battery/storage bucket
• capacitance is measured in Farads
• common values found in small electronics
• picoFarads (trillionths) pF
• nanoFarads (billionths) nF
• microFara (millionth) μ F
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