In the last two chapters, we have learned about the fundamental units of electricity—charge, current, voltage, and resistance. In this chapter, we are going to put this information to use in a real circuit.
5.1 Circuit Requirements
For a circuit to function properly, you usually need several things:
- 1.
A source of power which provides electricity for your circuit (this is usually a combination of both a source and destination for the electricity)
- 2.
A network of wires and components that ultimately lead from the source to the destination
- 3.
Some amount of resistance in your circuit
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