Week 1: Basic Electrical Circuit Concepts

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This Blog is a summary of all the things I have learned from Sir Jay S. Villan and at the same time, It is also a pre-requisite in our CpE 311 Subject. Thank you for visiting my blog and please enjoy reading it. :)

The Basic Parts of an Electrical Circuit:

Power Source – The Power Source is where the electricity comes from. It is sometimes called as “source of emf”, refers to a generator, a battery of cell or a transmission power line.

Conductor – Conductors are materials that deliver energy to power a task.

Load – Load are devices that consumes electricity on its operation. 

An Electric Circuit will not work if one of the said parts are missing.

Charge:

- there are two kinds of charge, positive and negative.

- like charges repel, unlike charges attract.

- positive charge comes from having more protons than electrons; negative charge comes from -  having more electrons than protons.

- charge is conserved.

Current - is the rate at which charge flows past a point on a circuit. It is measured in "Amperes" (A).

Electric Power or simply called "Power" - is the rate of energy consumption in an electrical circuit.The electric power is measured in units of "watts" (W).

Voltage - is electric potential energy per unit charge, measured in joules per coulomb ( = volts) (V). It is often referred to as "electric potential", which then must be distinguished from electric potential energy by noting that the "potential" is a "per-unit-charge" quantity.

Electrical energy or simply called "Energy" - is the energy carried by moving electrons in an electric conductor.  It cannot be seen, but it is one of our most useful forms of energy because it is relatively easy to transmit and use. It is measured in "Joules" (J).

3 Basic Circuit Elements:

1. Active Elements- These Elements are capable of generating energy. Examples are Batteries, Generators, and etc.

2. Passive Elements- These Elements are capable of absorbing energy. Good examples are Resistors, Inductors, and many more things.

3. Voltage and Current Sources- These are the most important active elements and just like the name says, they generate Voltages and Current which in turn can be used by Active Elements to generate energy.

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Reflection:

CpE 311 is a fun and exciting subject. Sir Jay seems to be a strict teacher for me but I enjoy listening to him He had a sense of humor unlike a majority of other teachers and he explains his lesson well. He taught us many things. H taught us the basic concepts of Electrical Circuits and He even gave us a quiz. The quiz he gave was difficult and it was different from what I copied in the black board. I didnt even do well and I'm pretty sure that my marks for that one was low. Nevertheless, He taught me one thing that I will always remember: He taught us that we shouldnt just depend on him, He told us that we should explore things and by that I meant Try other problems that were not discussed. He taught us to not just depend on the knowledge that are already written in our notebooks, He taught us to look for it and to improve it. After all, Knowledge is not acquired by simply writing things down, Its acquired by finding out many things and understanding them. I thank him for he is about to give me a wonderful and bright future.

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About the Author:

Roswaldo S. Flores BSCpE-3

CpE 311

Professor:

Engr. Jay S. Villan, MEP