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CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES

The document introduces the fundamentals of electronics within the context of robotics, emphasizing the importance of various materials and components such as capacitors, electrolytes, transistors, and semiconductors. It explains the roles of these components in electrical circuits and their significance in modern technology. Additionally, it discusses the properties of conductors, insulators, and semiconductors, highlighting their applications in electronic devices.

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CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES

The document introduces the fundamentals of electronics within the context of robotics, emphasizing the importance of various materials and components such as capacitors, electrolytes, transistors, and semiconductors. It explains the roles of these components in electrical circuits and their significance in modern technology. Additionally, it discusses the properties of conductors, insulators, and semiconductors, highlighting their applications in electronic devices.

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UNIT 1: BASIC ELECTRICITY

 Robotics is an interdisciplinary sector of science


and engineering dedicated to the design,
construction and use of mechanical robots (
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 The goal of robotics is to design intelligent
machines that can help and assist humans in their
day-to-day lives and keep everyone safe.
 Robotics draws on the achievement of information
engineering, computer engineering, mechanical
engineering, electronic engineering and others.
We are going to learn
the fundamentals of
electronics. We will
learn of how each
component works.
Each of them has a
vital role played for a
robot to function.
Lesson 1.Materials used in Electronics.
After reading this section you will be able to do the following: Identify the different
materials and components used in electronics. ( SSP_TLE-CT9BE -Ic-3.1)
Electronic components usually
consist of different types of
materials – metals, semiconductors
and insulators
Capacitors, electrolytes, circuits,
transistors, and semiconductors are all
needed when manufacturing modern
technological products. There are
certain metals that are the best at
fulfilling these roles, making them the
most -used materials in the tech
industry.
A capacitor is a
passive, electrical
component that has
the property of
storing electrical
charge, that is,
electrical energy, in
an electrical field.
An electrolyte is a
substance that
conducts electricity
through the movement
of ions, but not through
the movement of
electrons. This includes
most soluble salts,
acids, and bases,
dissolved in a polar
solvent like water.
A transistor is a
miniature
semiconductor that
regulates or controls
current or voltage flow
in addition to amplifying
and generating these
electrical signals and
acting as a switch or
gate for them.
A circuit is a complete
circular path that
electricity flows
through.
A simple circuit consists
of a current source,
conductors and a load.
The term circuit can be
used in a general sense
to refer to any fixed
path that electricity,
data or a signal can
travel through.
A standard resistor for example is
usually composed of an alloy such
as Nichrome (Nickel/Chromium) or
Manganin
(Copper/Nickel/Manganese)
wrapped around a ceramic or glass
fiber rod or tube and coated in an
insulating flameproof cement film.
The above- mentioned elements
are metals.
An alloy is a combination of
metals or metals combined
with one or more other
elements. It has a very high
value of resistivity. Alloy has a
very small temperature
coefficient of resistivity. Thus,
their value of resistivity does
not change even for very high
values of temperature.
Semiconductors do not fall into either
the conductor (generally metals)
category or non- conductor/ insulators
(such as most ceramics) category.
Instead they fall in between. A variety
of materials fall into this category, and
they include the pure elements Silicon
and Germanium or the compound
Gallium Arsenide.
The conductivity of a
semiconductor is somewhere
between that of an insulator, which
has almost no conductivity, and a
conductor, which has almost full
conductivity. Most semiconductors
are crystals made of certain
materials, most commonly Silicon.
Insulators Good insulators contain 8
electrons which mean they are stable
(noble gasses group 18). Insulators can't
be easily transported from one atom to
another and nonmetals make good
insulators. Three examples of good
insulators are sulfur, silicon, and rubber
(mostly Carbon).
a material which does
not easily allow heat
and/or electricity to pass
through it. Plastic, wood,
rubber and glass are
examples of good
insulators.

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