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--- haas:fall2020:common:helpances:electricity [2020/10/14 10:24] – wedge
+++ haas:fall2020:common:helpances:electricity [2020/10/14 10:26] (current) – wedge
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 Electricity is constantly a game of electrons (electron-ics)
-* **electronics** is the branch of physics and technology concerned with the design of circuits using transistors and microchips, and with the behavior and movement of electrons in a semiconductor, conductor, vacuum, or gas.
+  * **electronics** is the branch of physics and technology concerned with the design of circuits using transistors and microchips, and with the behavior and movement of electrons in a semiconductor, conductor, vacuum, or gas.
 Where we commonly make use of conductive materials (like platinum, gold, copper) connected between an electron-rich source (-) (commonly known as ground), and an electron-deprived one (+)
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 Hooking up an LED without a resistor isn't necessarily damaging because of the 3.3v, but instead the unrestricted current:
-using Ohm's law: V = I * R, where 'I' is current/amperage:
+using Ohm's law: V = I * R, where 'V' is voltage (measured in volts), 'I' is current/amperage (measured in amperes), and 'R' is resistance (measured in Ohms):
-I = V / R
+**I = V / R**
 I = 3.3 / 1 (there's some inherent resistance on the conductor itself, plus, we cannot divide by 0) = 3.3

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