Electronics Glossary
The picture below is an LED or a Light Emitting Diode. The positive pin is longer than the negative pin and they need to be powered by a 1.5 - 3v power supply like a battery pack or an Arduino. The voltage they take depends on the color of the LED.
The image below is a speaker. it has a magnet at the bottom and a tightly wrapped coil attached to a plastic diaphragm. When you send a pulsing voltage through the speaker coil, it will make sound.
The image below is a motor. Motors are devices that convert electrical energy into rotating mechanical energy. If you spin a dc motor, you will generate electricity. Only dc motors can be used as generators.
The image below has batteries. Batteries are devices that have different layers types of metals with a layer soaked in a conductive liquid between them.
The image below shows a relay. A relay is a mechanical device that is used to control a large electrical current with a smaller electrical current. They are used in lots of different types of equipment.
The image below is a transistor. The way they are used in a circuit is similar to a relay. They have less pins on them and they last longer because they are not mechanical.
The image below is a diode. Diodes only let current flow in one direction. They are good for converting AC to DC .
The text below will show what different electronic abbreviations mean.
RGB = Red, Green and Blue
LED = Light Emitting Diode
BJT = Bipolar Junction Transistor
W = Watts
V = Volts
A = Amps
mA = Milliamps
mAH = Milliamp Hours
Wh = Watt Hours