Voltage, Current, and Circuits
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1ENGI128INTRODUCTIONTOENGINEERINGSYSTEMS
Lecture6:Voltage,Current,andCircuits
UnderstandYourTechnicalWorld
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2WelcometoElectricalEngineering!
Wewillstartourstudyofelectricalengineeringwithitstwomostbasicconcepts:voltageandcurrent.
Wellintroducethemostpopularelementinelectricity,theresistor
Wellthenmovetothesimplestpossiblecircuit,thevoltagedivider.
Finally,wellgooversomemeasurementtechniquesthatyouwillneednextweek.
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3Voltage&Current
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4Well,whatarethey?
Voltage=Electricalpotentialenergy(theabilitytodowork)
Current=Flowofelectricity(workbeingdone)
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5Voltagefunfacts: Voltageisthedifference inelectricalpotentialenergy Therefore,voltagemustbemeasuredbetweentwopoints Everysystemhassomereferencevoltagethatwedefineas0.Thisisalsocalledground.
Allothervoltagesaremeasuredrelativetoground
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6Currentfunfacts: Currentonlyflowsfromhighvoltagetolowvoltage Currentrequiresavoltage,butnottheotherwayaround Currentcannotleaveacircuit,itmustbeconserved
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7[currentandvoltagedemo]
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8Howdoyougettheelectronsoffoftheground?
Currentcantflowwithoutawaytogetbackhome Youhavetoaddenergytotheelectronstoincreasetheirvoltage
Thiscreatesacircuit Alltheelectricitywewilllookatandtalkaboutisinacircuit Acircuitisaclosedsystemofelectrons:
Thismeansthatweneverloseanyelectrons Thismeansthatyoucantpushelectronsdownaopenendedwire Thereneedstobeapathtogetbacktohome Ifyouwantthecircuittorunmorethanonce,youneedtogetvoltagebackintotheelectrons
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9PowerSupplies
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Wheredowegetvoltageandcurrentfrom?
Batteries
Whatelse?
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Whyallthebatteries?
Butwhydoeseverythingusemorethanonebattery?
a.Tohavemoreenergy
b.Tohavemorevoltage
c.Tohavemorecurrent
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AddingVoltage:Multiplebatteries
Puttingbatteriesinseries:
Puttingbatteriesinparallel:
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Resistors
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Resistors
Resistorsimpedetheflowofcurrent
Sowhyintheworldwouldyoueverusethem? Becauseascurrentflowsthroughthem,itcreatesavoltagedropacrosstheresistor
Thischangeinvoltagecanbeuseful.
Andthisbringsustoouronlyequationinthismodule,Ohmslaw: voltage=current resistance V=IR
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readingresistors:colorcodes
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Schematics
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SchematicSymbols
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ASchematicDiagram:TheVoltageDivider
Singlemostusefulcircuitontheplanet:
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TheVoltageDivider
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[showroneschematicshighlightresistors&voltagedividers]
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VoltageDividerMathOhmsLaw
Conservationofcurrent
Kirchhoffsvoltagelaw
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[showroneschematicsandhighlightvoltagedividers]
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TakingElectricalMeasurements
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TheMultimeter
OK,alltogethernow: Measuringvoltage Measuringresistance
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[multimeter examples]