School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Introduction to Circuit Diagrams Objectives: By the end of this lesson, you should understand how to analyze a basic electronic circuit. Builds Upon
• Current • Voltage • Resistance Circuit Diagram Wires
• Lines that connect circuit
elements
• Have zero resistance
• Have zero voltage drop
• Form nodes and junctions
Circuit elements
• Independent voltage source
• Independent current source
• Resistor
• Ground Nodes and Junctions
• Node – any point on a
circuit wither two or more circuit elements meet
• Nodes are different if they
have different voltage
• Junction – the point where
wires meet Quiz: How many nodes? Short Circuit
• A wire that has the same
start and end node as another circuit element shorts that element.
• Current will travel through
the short instead of the circuit element. Open Circuit
• An open circuit has
terminals that are not connected to other circuit elements.
• No current will flow
through an open circuit. Quiz: Identify the short and open circuit. Key Concepts
• Wires are lines that connect
circuit elements. • Wires meet at junctions. • Circuit elements meet at nodes. • Current always flows through short circuits. • Current never flows through open circuits.