Electronics for Absolute Beginners, Chapter 3

Welcome to Chapter 3!

In this chapter we will go through:

1. Series Circuits
2. Voltage Divider Rule
3. Applied Voltage
4. Kirchoff's Voltage Law
5. Power in Series Circuit
6. Effects of Open in Series Circuit
7. Effects of Close in Series Circuit
8. Designing a Series Circuit

Step 1: Series Circuit

A series circuit is a a circuit with just one path for current to flow.

In a series circuit:

1. Resistance is additive
2. Current is constant
3. Voltage drops are additive

Click on the images attached to this lecture to see what a series circuit looks like.

Comments

[cirvirlab]

Once when you wright your set of the equations, you can calculate it online on:

http://www.cirvirlab.com/simulation/kirch_2_real.php

[Tinkerteem]

thanks alot i'm a beginner.. waiting for chapter 4 :)

[elektrobot]

geeks and company,

i have been busy with work and my car lately. my next chapter will cover parallel circuits. i should be able to publish it by the end of january.

kareen.

[elektrobot]

I have some complaints about the clip art I used and was asked to revise them to something related to electronics.

I think it is a reasonable request, so I shall work on finding relevant clipart for this chapter. I value all of your comments, questions and suggestions highly, and I take them all in consideration.

If you don't understand something and need further explanation, please don't be timid with your questions, i will try to answer them to the best of my knowledge.

Thanks,
Kareen

[elektrobot]

Ladies and gentlemen, I am done updating the images. You will find these images helpful in understanding the concepts introduce in this Chapter.

Thanks