Electronics S1W8: Series-Parallel Resistor Combinations

How to use Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's Voltage and Current Laws, to solve series-parallel resistor circuit problems.

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

What Will I Learn?

• Determine which electronics principle of Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's Voltage Law and Kirchhoff's Current Law apply to a given resistive circuit problem.
• Solve circuit problems using the voltage divider formula and the current divider formula.
• Correctly solve for all of the characteristics (voltage, current and resistance) in a series-parrallel resistor circuit.

Requirements

• To do well you need to successfully one of the two following prerequisites: 1) A solid foundation of Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's Voltage and Current Laws, the Voltage Divider and Current Divider Formulas, and the ability to solve simple series and parallel resistive circuits, or 2) Complete the previous weeks of training connected to this course. (They all start with "Electronics SxWy" where "x" is the Semester number, [1 for the previous 7 weeks and this week] and "y" is the Week Number.)

Target audience

• This is Week 8 of an 8 week series called "DC Electronics" which teaches the fundamentals of electronics. To do well you need to successfully one of the two following prerequisites: 1) A solid foundation of Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's Voltage and Current Laws, the Voltage Divider and Current Divider Formulas, and the ability to solve simple series and parallel resistive circuits, or 2) Complete the previous weeks of training connected to this course. (They all start with "Electronics SxWy" where "x" is the Semester number, [1 for the previous 7 weeks and this week] and "y" is the Week Number.)