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Understandable electric circuits

Basic laws of electric circuits

Objectives
2.1 Power and Energy
2.1.1 Work
2.1.2 Energy
2.1.3 Power
2.1.4 The reference direction of power
2.2 Kirchhoffs voltage law (KVL)
2.2.1 Closed-loop circuit
2.2.2 Kirchhoffs voltage law (KVL)
2.2.3 KVL #2
2.2.4 Experimental circuit of KVL
2.2.5 KVL extension
2.2.6 The physical property of KVL
2.3 Kirchhoffs current law (KCL)
2.3.1 KCL #1
2.3.2 KCL #2
2.3.3 Physical property of KCL
2.3.4 Procedure to solve a complicated problem
2.3.5 Supernode
2.3.6 Several important circuit terminologies
2.4 Voltage source and current source
2.4.1 Voltage source
2.4.1.1 Ideal voltage source
2.4.1.2 Real voltage source
2.4.2 Current source
2.4.2.1 Ideal current source
2.4.2.2 Real current source
2.5 International units for circuit quantities
2.5.1 International system of units (SI)
2.5.2 Metric prefixes (SI prefixes)
Summary
Experiment 2: KVL and KCL

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Seriesparallel resistive circuits

Objectives
3.1 Series resistive circuits and voltage-divider rule
3.1.1 Series resistive circuits
3.1.1.1 Total series voltage
3.1.1.2 Total series resistance (or equivalent resistance)
3.1.1.3 Series current
3.1.1.4 Series power
3.1.2 Voltage-divider rule (VDR)
3.1.3 Circuit ground

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