Electronics S1W1: Basic Terminology and Schematic Symbols

Intro to Electronics: Learn about bonding, conductors, insulators, terminology & schematic symbols (Semester 1, Week 1)

Created by: Richard Vannoy II
College programming, database and electronics instructor

What Will I Learn?

• You will be able to identify atoms as conductors, semiconductors or insulators.
• You will know why electrical current is the flow of free electrons.
• You will be introduced to schematic diagrams and and many schematic symbols, and be able to identify several schematic symbols.

Requirements

• There are no prerequisites for this course. Math is limited to the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers, fractions and decimals using a calculator.

Target audience

• This course is appropriate for teens through adults that desire to understand, analyze, design, repair and construct electronic circuits or projects.
• People who take electronics courses often go on to become electronics hobbyists, robotics hobbyists, electronics engineers, electronics test technicians or electronics repair technicians.