Electronic Terminology
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Electricity versus Electronics: Flowing electrons can be used as a medium for transferring the energy from the generator to the consumer, or as a medium for transferring information from the input to the output. Electricity refers to the former use (lights, heaters, motors, bench-top powersupplies), and Electronics to the latter. With electronics, the aim is to minimize the energy, with only the laws of thermodynamics preventing us from reducing it right down to zero.
Alternating Current (AC): A current whose polarity alternates from positive to negative over time. The rate of such alternations is measured in cycles per second more commonly known as Hertz (Hz) Amp / Ampere: The basic unit of current flow.
A/C Current
Analog Signal: A variable signal that is continuous in time and amplitude, as opposed to a digital or discrete signal: Arduino: An open-source electronic prototyping platform allowing one to create interactive electronic objects. It consists of a single-board microcontroller with an Atmel AVR processor and on-board input/ output support. The software consists of a standard programming language compiler and the boot loader that runs on the board. Breadboard: (Commonly used to refer to as a solderless breadboard). A construction base for prototyping of electronics. Capacitor: A pair of parallel plates separated by an insulator (the dielectric). Capacitors store electrical energy while theres energy coming in, and release it when the incoming energy stops. They have a variety of uses. One common use is to smooth out the dips and spikes in an electrical supply. This use is called decoupling.
Capacitor Breadboard
