Lesson 2 Introduction to Basic Electronics Return
Topic	Chapter Electronics for Dummies Book	Projects, Demos, & Activities
Introduction to electricity Voltage Amperage Resistance Simple switches & light bulbs How to build a series or "AND" circuit How to build a parallel "OR" circuit Ohms law: how to compute voltages, resistance, and current in our circuits	Chapter 1	In-Class Demos: How do basic circuits work? Using a switch Switch On Switch Off Using two switches AND circuit ON AND circuit OFF AND animated Switches in parallel OR circuit 1 OR circuit 2 OR animated Electricity & Ohms law explained Ohms Law Calculator Power (Wattage) Voltage (Volts) Current (amps) Resistance (Ohms) Voltage/Current animation
Learning to Bread board Power supplies vs batteries	Chapter 11	How to hook things up Learning to breadboard with the Digi-designer video Excellent YOUTube video on breadboarding Typical power supply
Introduction to electronic circuits Common electronic components Resistors...................................... Capacitors.................................... Diodes......................................... LED (Light-emitting diode)............ Transistors................................... Integrated circuits........................	Basic Introduction: P 64 - 70  (39-64)* P 70 - 78  (65-90)* P 78 - 81  (111-123)* P 81 - 83  (123-125)* P 83 - 88  (126-141)* P 88 - 91  (143-166)* *2nd Edition Activity 1:Working with LED's, resistors, & Ohm's Law (15 pts)	Introducing the DMM Resistor calculator & color codes LED connected correctly  image LED connected incorrectly LED with a switch image Adding a switch & potentiometer to our LED circuits video  image
Introduction to semi-conductors The transistor	Pages 151-155 (126-140)* *2nd Edition Activity 2: Using transistors as a switch Activity 3: Delay circuits  Time constant Calculator Activity 4: LDR circuits	Videos/images for Activites 2-4 Act. 2: Transistor switches video image Act. 3: Delay circuit  video  image 1 image 2 Act. 4: LDR Circuits video
Integrated circuits 7408 AND gate 7432 OR gate The 555 timer chip How RAM works Dynamic vs Static S-R Flip flop schematic Animation	Breadboarding the 7408 chip image Page 156  (159-164)* *2nd Edition Activity 5 Using the 555 Timer	Introduction to IC's How logic gates work AND GATES (7408 chip) Using switches Animation AND Gate logic AND Gate using transistors 7408 pinout & DIP package OR GATES (7432 chip) Using switches Animation OR Gate using transistors OR gate logic 7432 pinout   The 555 timer chip video Excellent YOUTUBE video about the 555 & breadboarding
Introduction to Relays Automotive relays animation Automotive starter circuit	P 105-106 (1st ed. only) Activity 6 Simple relay circuit  image Activity 7 Transistors & Relays  Schematic	Videos for Activites 6 & 7 1- How relays work 2- PC relays 3- Phidget relays 4-Using a transistor to control a relay