Basic Electronic Devices

RESISTORS

ISA DEVICE THAT LIMITS,

OR RESISTS THE FLOW OF
CURRENT.
RESISTANCE
IS THE ABILITY OF THE RESISTOR TO
OPPOSE OR RESIST THE FLOW OF
CURRENT.
IT IS MEASURED IN OHMS,
REPRESENTED BY THE GREEK SYMBOL
OMEGA (Ω)
TYPES OF RESISTOR

1.FIXED RESISTOR - THE

RESISTANCE VALUE OF THIS
RESISTOR IS PERMANENT.
2. VARIABLE RESISTOR – THE
RESISTANCE VALUE CAN BE
ADJUSTED OR VARIED MANUALLY.
EXAMPLES OF FIXED RESISTOR

1. CARBON COMPOSITION RESISTOR

2. WIRE WOUND RESISTOR
EXAMPLES OF VARIABLE RESISTOR
3. SPECIAL RESISTORS
LIGHT DEPENDENT RESISTORS

CHANGE RESISTANCE AS LIGHT

LEVEL CHANGE. THE LIGHT
LEVELS ARE DETECTED BY A
PHOTO-SENSITIVE PLATE ON
THE RESISTOR.
LDRsARE USED IN LIGHT –
DETECTION CIRCUITS.
 THERMISTOR

• CHANGE RESISTANCE AS TEMPERATURE

CHANGE.
• RESISTANCE FALLS AS TEMPERATURE
INCREASES.
• USED IN TEMPERATURE SENSING CIRCUITS.
CAPACITORS
ITIS AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT IS
USED TO STORE ELECTRICAL
CHARGES OR VOLTAGES.
CAPACITANCE – THE ABILITY OF THE
CAPACITOR TO STORE ELECTRICAL
CHARGES.
FARAD – IS THE BASIC UNIT USED
TO MEASURE CAPACITANCE OF THE
CAPACITOR.
THE LETTER FOR FARAD IS
CAPITAL LETTER “F”.
IT WAS NAMED AFTER MICHAEL
FARADAY
TWO CLASSIFICATIONS OF CAPACITOR

1.FIXED CAPACITOR – THIS

TYPE OF CAPACITOR HAS
PERMANENT CAPACITANCE
VALUE.
2. VARIABLE CAPACITOR –
THE CAPACITANCE VALUE
CAN BE ADJUSTED
MANUALLY.
EXAMPLE OF FIXED CAPACITOR
EXAMPLE OF VARIABLE CAPACITOR
INDUCTORS
TRANSFORMER
A DEVICE USED TO STEP DOWN OR STEP
UP THE AC VOLTAGE.
CONSISTS OF TWO WINDINGS CALLED
THE PRIMARY WINDING (INPUT) AND
SECONDARY WINDING (OUTPUT)
DIODE
ADEVICE USE TO
RECTIFY ALTERNATING
CURRENT (AC) TO
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
ZENER DIODE
LIGHT EMITTING DIODE
PHOTODIODE
INFRARED DIODE
SEVEN SEGMENT DISPLAY DIODE
TRANSISTOR

A SOLID STATE DEVICES THAT CAN BE

USED AS AMPLIFIERS AND AS
OSCILLATORS.
AS AN AMPLIFIER, IT IS CAPABLE OF
AMPLIFYING OR STRENGTHENING THE
SMALL WEAK SIGNALS TO A LARGE OR
STRONG SIGNALS.
TWO TYPES OF TRANSISTORS

PNP NPN
NPN TRANSISTORS
FUSE
LOUDSPEAKER

SYMBOL
RELAY
QUIZ NO. 2: TRUE OR FALSE

WRITE TRUE IF THE

STATEMENT IS CORRECT AND
FALSE IF NOT.
1.RESISTORIS AN ELECTRONIC
DEVICE USED TO LIMIT THE
FLOW OF CURRENT IN THE
CIRCUIT TO A DESIRED
VALUE.
2.RESISTANCEVALUE OF A
VARIABLE RESISTOR IS
PERMANENT & CANNOT BE
VARIED.
3.RESISTANCEIS THE
CHARACTERISTIC OF THE
RESISTOR TO OPPOSE THE
FLOW OF ELECTRICITY.
4.THEBASIC UNIT USED
TO MEASURE RESISTANCE
IS VOLT.
5.RESISTANCEVALUE OF A
FIXED RESISTOR CAN BE
VARIED OR ADJUSTED.
6.POTENTIOMETERS
ARE CLASSIFIED AS A
VARIABLE RESISTOR.
7.CARBON-COMPOSITION
RESISTORS ARE
CLASSIFIED AS A FIXED
RESISTOR.
8.TRANSFORMER IS
USED TO STEP DOWN
OR STEP UP THE AC
VOLTAGE.
9.LDRs
ARE USED IN
LIGHT – DETECTION
CIRCUITS.
10.THE
RESISTANCE OF
A THERMISTOR
DECREASES AS THE
TEMPERATURE RISES.
Quiz: Electronic Devices

IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND
SYMBOLS.
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