Hardware & Circuits

Tutorials

Hands-on tutorials for learning about hardware and circuits, as well as designing and building your own printed circuit boards (PCBs).

• Electronics Tutorial
• PCB Design Tutorial
• Introduction to Hardware Design

Info

This section is a reference guide to common hardware and circuit information. Please note that it is a work in progress.

Components

Contains various core component information.

• Surface Mount Device Packages and Sizes
• Capacitors
• Diodes
• LEDs
  • Driving an LED with a PWM Signal
  • Driving an LED with a resistor
• Resistors
  • Reading a Resistor's Value

Equations and Laws

Important circuit calculation equations and the laws that define them.

• Voltage
  • Division
  • Ohm's Law
• Resistance
  • Parallel
  • Series

Peripherals

Contains information on using various peripherals. For a library of peripheral drivers, please see Meadow.Foundation

• Relays
• 74595 Shift Register
• Servos

Units

Reference info for important electrical units.

• Amps
• Volts
• Watts