Unit Abbreviations to Properties
Metric Prefixes
The Multimeter
Ohms Law
Parts of a Circuit
100
V
What is the abbreviation for the unit of voltage (volts)?
100
The prefix meaning 1000 of something.
What is kilo-?
100
The meter that measures voltage.
What is an voltmeter?
100
Georg Ohm took obsessive measurement of these three things to come up with proof that they are related.
What are current, voltage and resistance?
100
The simplest form of input to a circuit with its abbreviation. You just flip a lever back and forth to make and break a circuit.
What is a SPST toggle or permanent switch?
200
A
What is the abbreviation for the unit if current (amperes)?
200
The prefix meaning 10-3 of something.
What is milli- ?
200
The meter that measures current.
What is an ammeter?
200
The electrical potential difference it takes to sustain 1A of current through a resistance of 1Ω.
What is a volt?
200
Anything that brings information out of the circuit, back into the world. Examples are LEDs, lamps, motors, LCD displays, speakers, etc.
What are outputs?
300
Ω
What is the abbreviation for the unit of resistance (ohm)?
300
1,000,000 bytes used to be a lot of memory, but this prefix, with the symbol M, has been over shadowed by its bigger neighbor giga- even in drives as small as thumb drives.
What is mega- ?
300
The meter that measures resistance?
What is an ohmmeter?
300
The amount of current that will get past 1 ohm of resistance when the circuit has one volt of electrical potential difference applied to it.
What is an ampere?
300
These makes up probably 80% to 90% of a circuit, so this is where 80% to 90% of the problems come in.
What is the path? i.e. the wires, traces and connectors (the interconnections) that hold the components together.
400
W
What is the abbreviation for the unit of power (watts)?
400
This metric prefix's symbol is some times written as the plain roman character u when it should be the greek letter μ (pronounced mu).
What is the symbol for mico-?
400
The correct configuration when measuring this is in parallel with the circuit ON.
What is the correct way to hook the meter up to the circuit when looking for a voltage drop?
400
The amount of resistance it will take to hold back the current to 1A when 1V is applied to a conductor.
What is an ohm?
400
The source of electric potential difference and current. It can be either DC or AC.
What is the power supply?
500
C
What is the abbreviation for the unit of charge (coulomb)?
500
This is the prefix used in ceramic disc capacitor labels, and means 10-12
What is pico-?
500
The correct configuration when measuring this is in series with the circuit ON.
What is the correct meter configuration for measuring current?
500
This Ohm's Law written in the form of an equation.
What is V=IR?
500
Not mentioned in our original 4, this controls how the inputs relate to the outputs.
What is the logic? (will accept microcontroller, IC and similar words)
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