Electronics For Dummies: Resistors

In this instructable you will learn:
What a resistor is
Different types of resistors
Resistor schematic symbols
How to calculate resistor values

Step 1: Schematic Symbol

Comments

[I_StarkGuy]

Very nice, I'll print the color chart.

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Wolfgang64, Thank you very much I am working on a series but this is the only published one yet. I am also working on putting ubuntu on the Raspberry Pi even though ubuntu is very similar to Debian I prefer Ubuntu and thank you for the comment!

[wolfgang64]

Harry, A very nice explanation for one so young.I would love to see more work like this.

[amandaghassaei]

nice, you should throw in some example circuits that use resistors!

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Ok thanks for the tip amandaghassaei, I will try to as soon as possible, I am working on a series of instructables and will put them into a guide. This is because I would like to get a sponsorship from instructables. Now if only they had a laser cutter for sponsorship, That would be great. Thanks for viewing and giving me a tip on my instructable. I really like yours,
Keep up the great work!
-Harry

[amandaghassaei]

thanks! I think some good examples would be current limiting resistors, resistors adding in series and parallel, voltage dividers, stuff like that. let me know if you want more ideas!

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Thanks, they're really good ideas and will definitely put them in, some more would be great for a more experienced electronic enthusiast,
-Harry

[amandaghassaei]

other than what I've already mentioned, maybe talking about potentiometers/variable resistors would be good. let me know if/when you add stuff, I can give you comments on it.

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cool
-Harry