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Lesson 3: Basic Circuits
Exploring electronics can be a fun Controlling voltage in a circuit is
and rewarding experience. In very important, so we'll explore
workbook 1, we'll cover some voltage dividers as well as taking a
basics of electronics as well as close look at voltage regulators.
explore analog circuitry to get a Some other components we'll be
better understanding of how building experiments with are:
analog circuits work.
Operational Amplifier (Op-Amp for
We'll start our journey by learning short): An amplifier take a input
about the buzzer, light emitting signal and boosts it so if can drive
diodes (LEDs), resistors, a device or components that
capacitors, and other electronic requires a higher strength signal. A
parts by building circuits that use good example of this is your stereo
these components. I hope you like system, the signal going to the
to make noise because we are speakers are amplified so that the
going to build a lot of circuits that speakers can produce the sound.
generate all kinds of sounds.
Analog Comparator: An analog
Of course, building circuit without comparator compares two different
understanding how the voltages and produces an output
components work isn't as much based on those two inputs.
fun, so we'll also take a close look
at resistors, capacitors, along with Electronics are a lot of fun and
other electronic components. understanding electronics will help
you understand the world around
The 555 timer is a well known and you. So, enough talk, let's get
respected timer IC that we'll be started building some cool circuits!
getting know very well. We'll
explore a lot of different ways to
use the 555 timer by creating a lot
of circuits that take advantage of
the 555 timer's versatility.
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