NATS 1945 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Electrical Network, Printed Circuit Board, Electromagnet

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1945
• Professor: Robin Metcalfe

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Circuit: a closed conducting loop connecting a power source to one or more resistors. An electric circuit is a closed conducting loop. A closed loop in which electrons can flow. We typically call all devices on a c that use electricity, resistors. Because whether the device is using electricity t create heat or light or to process info, that device is taking e(cid:374)ergy fro(cid:373) the e"s, slowing them down, the devices resist their flow by using the e"s in some way. Short cir(cid:272)uiti(cid:374)g: esse(cid:374)tially (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:272)urre(cid:374)t goes pla(cid:272)es (cid:449)here it"s (cid:374)ot supposed to go. The simplest circuit is just a power source, a conducting loop, and a resistor. All circuitry no how complicated it looks, can be broken down into that basic circuit of the power source, conducting loop. Or one more resistors, including the circuit board in computers. Fuse (or circuit breaker): used to break circuit if current exceeds heat limit of wire.