Robotics 101: Basic Circuitry

LECTURE NOTES 2025

Today we're going to talk about the most basic concepts of circuitry, because let's face it, someone's gotta start somewhere.

First up, RESISTANCE! It's like, you know, the opposite of conductance. Yeah, it's a real thing, don't @ me.

Resistor 101

So, a resistor is like, a thing that makes things harder for your circuit to do its thing. You know, like, it's like a big ol' party pooper. But don't worry, it's not all bad. In fact, you can use them to make your circuit do all sorts of cool things, like... like... um, make a really bright light! (Just, uh, just don't ask me how to make the light not too bright, that's a whole different story.)