Chapter 3. Beginning Electronics – Resistors, Capacitors, and Inductors - MSP430-based Robot Applications [Book]

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Chapter 3

Beginning Electronics – Resistors, Capacitors, and Inductors

Chapter Outline

Some basic laws

Kirchoff’s laws

Resistors, capacitors, and inductors

DC and AC voltages

Inductors in series and parallel

Electric and magnetic fields

Magnetic fields

Storing energy in capacitors and inductors

Making analog filters out of resistors, capacitors and inductors

Resistor/capacitor filters

Resistor/inductor filters

A final word about filters

Stray capacitance and inductance

Chapter wrap-up

A popular (and overused) phrase is “to think outside the box”. By this is meant, I think, that the person is supposed to “be creative”, that is, do things in a way that is outside the conventional approach. ...

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