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==Relays==
 
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==Resistors==
 
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A device used to control current in an electric circuit by providing resistance. (holds current back, like a knot in a water hose lowers the pressure that the water sprays out.)
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==Solenoids==
 
==Solenoids==

Revision as of 18:45, 15 March 2006

This page should contain brief descriptions of typical components sometimes used to make small circuits.

Capacitors

-An electric circuit element used to store charge temporarily, consisting in general of two metallic plates separated and insulated from each other by a dielectric.

Diodes

-An electronic device that allows current flow only one way, (polar)

LEDs

Fuses

Integrated Circuits

Also known as a ICs are a series of transistors in circuit, imbeaded in what's called the TTL(transistor-to-transistor logic) chip.

Relays

Resistors

A device used to control current in an electric circuit by providing resistance. (holds current back, like a knot in a water hose lowers the pressure that the water sprays out.)

Solenoids