I used R-C time constant T=R*C twice today... But mostly ohm's/watt's
Many thanks for that Terry.
Anyone else?
P = UI
T = RC
U = RI
And I think it's about it.
Knowing the voltage drops in LEDs to calculate the current going through a LED is also good to know, but I mostly don't care and go for a 1k resistor with 5V.
Can't think of any more formulas for small electronics, since all the other more complicated deride from these. :\
Bubilindo, I know the T=RC formula - please could you explain the others as they are new to me?
Regards,
Morrolan
bubulindo:
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Can't think of any more formulas for small electronics, since all the other more complicated deride from these. :\
I think you mean "derive," (he said derisively...)
Bubilindo, I know the T=RC formula - please could you explain the others as they are new to me?
Substitute an 'E' or a 'V' for his 'U' and they should look familiar.
Don
Haha, I hadn't even clicked that there were just different versions of V=IR and P=IV!
Any others?
1/ (2pi Sqrt(LC)) - is the resonant frequency of an LC circuit
1/ (2pi FC) - is the capacitive reactance (equivalent resistance) of a capacitor at a frequency F. Replace C with L for inductive reactance.
See filter discussions in:-
http://www.thebox.myzen.co.uk/Tutorial/PWM.html
De Morgan's laws are helpful in designing digital logic:
NOT (A AND B) == NOT A OR NOT B
NOT (A OR B) == NOT A AND NOT B
That means that even if all you have is a big pile of NAND gates (or NOR gates) you can build anything.
Not so much a law as a theorem.
Grumpy_Mike:
Not so much a law as a theorem.
You'll have to edit the Wikipedia article:
Ok looks like I will have to. A law is reserved for physical phonemna you don't talk about Pythagrous' law do you. Or perhaps you do?
When I went to tech school here in Phoenix, one of the things we were given as a part of our toolkit was (IIRC) a small folding "booklet" of equations for electronics, from - once again going from memory here - Graymark. I'll have to dig it up when I get home tonight...
Then there is:-
Q = VC
Where Q is charge in coulombs, V is voltage and C is capacitance (in Farads)
One coulomb is the amount of charge that flows past a point in 1 second when the current is 1 Amp.
tastewar:
bubulindo:
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Can't think of any more formulas for small electronics, since all the other more complicated deride from these. :\I think you mean "derive," (he said derisively...)
As you probably noticed, I'm not a native speaker. Thanks for the heads up.
1/ (2pi FC) - is the capacitive reactance (equivalent resistance) of a capacitor at a frequency F. Replace C with L for inductive reactance.
Small typo there, so just for completness sake: For inductive reactance the formula is the reciprocal (with regards to capacative reactance); XL = 2pi FL.
Since nobody have mentioned it, calculating resistance of resistors in parallel is also handy:
R = R1*R2/(R1+R2)
Personally I never use the above form, I like the reciprocals variant as it is simpler with more than 2 resistors:
1/R = 1/R1 + 1/R2 ... + 1/Rn
Same goes for capacitors in series btw:
1/C = 1/C1 + 1/C2 ... + 1/Cn
While capacitors in parallel just adds up (like resistors in series, so they are kind of opposite)
C = C1 + C2 ... +Cn
Personally I never use the above form, I like the reciprocals variant as it is simpler with more than 2 resistors:
1/R = 1/R1 + 1/R2 ... + 1/RnSame goes for capacitors in series btw:
1/C = 1/C1 + 1/C2 ... + 1/Cn
If you have a calculator that uses RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) these versions are especially easy to implement.
Don
If you have a calculator that uses RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) these versions are especially easy to implement.
Ok. I never had one of those. But I do
(R1-1+R2-1)-1
which is similar I think, and pretty quick also, since there is a "^-1" button.
(R1-1+R2-1)-1
As I see it this requires at least 6 keystrokes over and above whatever it takes to enter the resistor values.
With RPN you enter:
R1, 1/x, R2, 1/x, +, 1/x
Since there is a 1/x key this gives you 4 keystrokes over and above whatever it takes to enter the resistor values. In my experience RPN always does the job with fewer keystrokes.
Don