Building Circuitry
11/02/2024
Much like the heart, most electronic and electrical equipment is also made out of wire. Deep in it’s core, lives a little thing called a circuit. We’ll look at this more in a minute. Basically, the circuit is what allows the device to turn on and also work as intended. Therefore, there’s an on-off switch, a power source, and a whole lot of wire. The wire runs between the power source and the on-off switch connecting the two. It doesn’t have to be in a straight line, but of course. Then too you can always have more stops built-in along the way that add all other sorts of functions to be sure. Examples of this are computer chips, processors, and whatever else you find is desired. Doing so removed the simplicity from the circuit itself. Thus, it becomes a lot more complex you’d find. First though, I must explain something about wire. In electrical wire, as in housing, the wire is split into multiple parts. Then it’s wrapped in specialized grounding material. This keeps whatever it touches from becoming charged with electricity and setting ablaze. This grounding material can take the shape of rubber or foam. It’s also why you see the same in electronic devices as the casing or housing that covers these parts is wrapped round in plastic. Granted, an all metal computer or radio device might sound kind of weird. Metal itself is known to carry a charge. Therefore, the users thereof could find it getting hot or giving a shock. There’s wires that carry a charge which must be wrapped round the ends for safety and color coded together. To do this electrical wrapping, you can either use a bit of wire glue or a solder. Other applications find themselves with all sorts of electrical tape or small plastic connector caps known also as screws. From there, there’s another outflow wire that connects everything all back together. In sImple electronic circuits, the wires are all the same except when they join electrical components of houses, charging sources, or found in the wall. In this case, you can also add in a battery in place of all else. That’ll make the device though a lot less practical and in all likelihood a lot more expensive. Reasons for that are simple I guess. Batteries run down faster and for the most part, can’t be recharged. Anyhow, when completing your circuity, you must remember that all things are connected and so must return to the source. From there, it’s just one big long electrical circuit.