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Basic Electronics Tutorial : Lean the basics of electronics including electronics circuits, PCB (Printed Circuit Board), Electronics Design, Laws of Electronics.

This article is designed for the beginner to electronics. The more experienced hobbyist will probably learn some new things as well, since there is a good deal of information here that most non-professionals will be unaware of.

Introduction to Electronics: 1745 Cuneus and Muschenbrock, in Leyden (Netherlands), discover the Leyden jar. The first electrical capacitor - a storage mechanism for an electrical charge. The first ones were a glass jar filled with water -two wires suspended in the water. Muschenbrock got such a shock out of the first jar he experimented with that he nearly died. Later, the water was replaced with metal foils wrapped so there was insulation between the layers of foil- the two wires are attached to the ends of the sheets of foil. This gave birth to Modern Electronics.
Definition of electronics: Electronics is the branch of science that deals with the study of flow and control of electrons (electricity) and the study of their behavior and effects in vacuums, gases, and semiconductors, and with devices using such electrons. This control of electrons is accomplished by devices that resist, carry, select, steer, switch, store, manipulate, and exploit the electron.

Difference in “Electronics” and “Electrical”:

Electronics deals with flow of charge (electron) through non-metal conductors (semi-conductors).

Electrical deals with the flow of charge through metal conductors.

Example: Flow of charge through silicon which is not a metal would come under electronics whereas flow of charge through copper which is a metal would come under electrical.

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