Understanding Modern Electronics

The difference between electricity and electronics; studying modern electronics by examining this distinction; electronics use the basic properties of electric circuits in a more sophisticated way; describing resistance with Ohm's law.

Introducing circuit diagrams that display the interconnected assemblages of electronic components that make a circuit function; deciphering these drawings; components assembled in series or in parallel may interact differently.

Growing familiar with the physical properties of electric circuits; becoming acquainted with the instruments such as voltmeters, ammeters, ohmmeters, multimeters and the oscilloscope; seeing how these instruments interact with a circuit.

Semiconductors make possible the transistors at the heart of electronics, including integrated circuits and computers; the atomic configuration of semiconductors makes them unique; adjusting their properties to make two types of semiconductors.