Circuit analysis

3 Circuits You Totally Need to Know About

With today’s components, it is possible to make thousands upon thousands of useful circuits. These range from the very simple to very complex. But, did you know that there are only three basic types of circuits anyone can create? That’s right, every schematic you’ve ever seen, every circuit or project you or anyone else has ever built is one of three types of circuits (or a combination of them). [Read more…] about 3 Circuits You Totally Need to Know About

3 Ninja Circuit Analysis Tricks

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In the last post concerning circuit analysis (Simple Circuit Analysis Techniques You Should Know) I went over some very basic but important techniques.

First, we had a quick over view of resistors in series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits. Then, we talked about Ohms Law. Finally, Kirchhoff’s Laws were introduced.

This time, I’m going to show you a few simple tricks for combining parallel resistors before I go into circuit analysis using some other very important (and slick) methods.

Simple Circuit Analysis Techniques You Should Know

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The simple circuit analysis techniques we’ll cover in this post are basic, yet important.

Anyone can copy a circuit or project from the Internet or a book. But if you want to be able to design your own circuits, understand how things work, and be able to competently troubleshoot when things go wrong (and they will!) an understanding of the basics of electronics and electricity is crucial.