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29 Cards in this Set
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Energy / Power Source |
Battery or Lab Power Supply |
Week 1; 1st branch of Electric Circuits |
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Conductors |
Metal members that we use to connect various electric circuit elements |
Week 1; 2nd branch of Electric Circuits |
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Resistors |
Conductors that resist the flow of electrical current. |
Week 1; 3rd branch of Electric Circuits. |
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Expand: V = IR |
Voltage = Amp current * Resistor |
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Conductor Resistance |
Very low resistance to current flow |
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Insulator Resistance |
Very high resistance to current flow |
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Units of Resistance |
Ohms ( Ω / Omega) |
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Electrons |
The charge carrier responsible (in most cases) for the flow of current |
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Units of Charge |
Coulombs ( C ) |
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Current |
The net amount of charge that flows in one second in a given direction past a point in a conductor |
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Electrical Potential |
The work needed to move a unit charge from point 'a' to point 'b'. |
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Units of Voltage |
Volts ( V ) |
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Hardware |
Something tangible, e.g. metal, silicon, rubber, etc. |
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Synchronous |
All signals change at the same predetermined time |
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Digital |
Discrete System in which system variables may take on 1 of only 2 values (binary) |
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Bit |
1 Binary Digit |
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Byte |
8 Bits / Binary Digits |
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Logical True Voltage ( 1 ) |
+5 Volts |
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Logical False Voltage ( 0 ) |
0 Volts |
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Basic Digital Logic Gates |
1. AND 2. OR 3. NOT (Inverter) |
There are 3 types |
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AND Gate Symbol |
* or • |
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OR Gate Symbol |
+ |
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NOT Gate Symbol |
Line over letter. |
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Active High Input Symbol (NOT Inverter) |
|>• |
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Active Low Input Symbol (NOT Inverter) |
•|> |
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Determining Number of Input Combinations |
2*power of inputs* |
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Most Significant Bit |
First input |
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Least Significant Bit |
Last input |
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Exclusive OR Gate (XOR) |
Output = 1 if odd number of inputs = 1 |
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