Welcome back to our Electronics Basics series. In the previous lesson, we explored voltage, current, and resistance. This lesson focuses on the two main forms of electric current you encounter every day: direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC). Their essential difference is direction. Conventional current in a DC circuit flows in one direction, while … Read more
Welcome back to our Electronics Basics series. In the first two lessons, we learned about electrons, electric charge, static charge, and electric current. Now we will explore three fundamental electrical quantities—voltage, current, and resistance—and see how they work together. We will use a water-pipe analogy to make the ideas easier to visualize. Like any analogy, … Read more
Welcome to the first entry in our Electronics Basics series! To understand how your phone, computer, or even a simple flashlight works, you must first get to know the “star” of the show: the electron. Without the movement of these tiny particles, electronic technology as we know it simply would not exist. 1. Atomic Structure: … Read more