CS 257 Lesson 2


Lesson 2 Introduction to Basic Electronics Return
Topic	Chapter Electronics for Dummies Book	Projects, Demos, & Activities
Introduction to electricity Voltage Amperage Resistance Simple switches & light bulbs How to build a series or "AND" circuit How to build a parallel "OR" circuit Ohms law: how to compute voltages, resistance, and current in our circuits Create schematics with LTSpice	Chapter 1	In-Class Demos: How do basic circuits work? Using a switch Switch On Switch Off Using two switches AND circuit ON AND circuit OFF AND animated Switches in parallel OR circuit 1 OR circuit 2 OR animated Electricity & Ohms law explained Ohms Law Calculator Power (Wattage) Voltage (Volts) Current (amps) Resistance (Ohms)
Learning to Bread board Power supplies vs batteries	Chapter 11	How to hook things up Learning to breadboard with the Digi-designer video Typical power supply
Introduction to electronic circuits Common electronic components Resistors...................................... Capacitors.................................... RC Filters Diodes......................................... LED (Light-emitting diode)............ Transistors................................... Integrated circuits........................	Basic Introduction: P 64 - 70 (39-64)* P 70 - 78 (65-90)* P 78 - 81 (111-123)* P 81 - 83 (123-125)* P 83 - 88 (126-141)* P 88 - 91 (143-166)* 2nd Edition Activity 1*:Working with LED's, resistors, & Ohm's Law (15 pts) Using RC Filters S-R Latches (7400 chips)	Introducing the DMM Resistor calculator & color codes LED connected correctly image LED connected incorrectly LED with a switch image Adding a switch & potentiometer to our LED circuits video image
Introduction to semi-conductors The transistor	Pages 151-155 (126-140)* 2nd Edition Activity 2: Using transistors as a switch Activity 3: Delay circuits Time constant Calculator Activity 4*: LDR circuits	Videos/images for Activites 2-4 Act. 2: Transistor switches video image Act. 3: Delay circuit video image 1 image 2 Act. 4: LDR Circuits video
Integrated circuits Animated logic 7408 AND gate 7432 OR gate The 555 timer chip How RAM works Dynamic vs Static S-R Flip flop schematic Animation	Breadboarding the 7408 chip image Page 156 (159-164)* 2nd Edition Activity 5* Using the 555 Timer video	Introduction to IC's How logic gates work AND GATES (7408 chip) Using switches Animation AND Gate logic AND Gate using transistors 7408 pinout & DIP package OR GATES (7432 chip) Using switches Animation OR Gate using transistors OR gate logic 7432 pinout XOR Gates (7486 chip) Pinout and logic The 555 timer chip video 555 timer Table
Introduction to Relays Automotive relays animation Automotive starter circuit	P 105-106 (1st ed. only) Activity 6 Simple relay circuit image Activity 7 Transistors & Relays Schematic Relay Datasheet	Videos/Photos for Activites 6 & 7 1- How relays work 2- PC relays 3- Phidget relays 4-Using a transistor to control a relay Relay Circuit View 1 Relay Circuit View 2(transistor)
Software Controlled Relays Introduction to Phidget Relays	Welcome to Home Automation Introducing Phidgets PhidgetInterfaceKit 0/0/4 info & manual Phidget21.Net dll for C#/C# apps. Copy to your Windows machine. HA Activity: Our first WINDOWS C# app using Phidgets. Get the project here.