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There are 5 lessons in this physics tutorial covering Electronic Components and Switching. The tutorial starts with an introduction to Electronic Components and Switching and is then followed with a list of the separate lessons, the tutorial is designed to be read in order but you can skip to a specific lesson or return to recover a specific physics lesson as required to build your physics knowledge of Electronic Components and Switching. you can access all the lessons from this tutorial below.
In this Physics tutorial, you will learn:
- What is an electronic component?
- What are some common electric components used in circuits?
- What is the difference between input and output circuit components?
- What are semiconductors? Why are they so preferred in electronic circuits?
- What are impurities and why do we add them to semiconductors?
- How many types of impurities are there?
- How do we classify semiconductors?
- How do diodes work?
- What are potential dividers and why are they used in circuits?
- What are transistors and how do they work?
- What is electronic switching? How many types of electronic switching are there?
Introduction
In the previous tutorial we explained how electronic devices receive, store, process and transmit the input information. In a certain sense, it was a software-related tutorial. Now, we will discuss about physical features of circuit components; this means this tutorial is more hardware-related.
We will briefly explain the operating principle of some basic components used in electronic circuits. We have dealt with some of these components in Electric Circuits, but some others are new, as they are specific only for electronic circuits.
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Electronics Learning Material| Tutorial ID | Physics Tutorial Title | Tutorial | Video
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Notes | Revision
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| 17.2 | Electronic Components and Switching | | | | |
| Lesson ID | Physics Lesson Title | Lesson | Video
Lesson |
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| 17.2.1 | Electronic Components | | |
| 17.2.2 | Input and Output Circuit Components | | |
| 17.2.3 | Semiconductors | | |
| 17.2.4 | More on Components: Diodes, Potential Dividers, Reed Switches and Transistors | | |
| 17.2.5 | Electronic Switching | | |
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