CAMPUS SCHOOL

PANTNAGAR

2020-2021
BASIC ELECTRONICS
TOPIC- VOLTAGE
AND CURRENT
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I would like to express my
special thanks of gratitude to
my teacher Sir Som Tiwari as
well as our principal B.C.
Pathak who gave me the
golden opportunity to do this
wonderful project on the topic
Voltage & Current ,which also
helped me doing lot of
research and I came to know
about so many new things.
 CONTACTS
What is voltage? Its
symbol
What is current? Its
symbol
Measurement of current
Measurement of voltage
Relation between voltage
and current
 What is voltage?
• Voltage is the pressure from an
electrical circuit's power source
that pushes 
charged electrons (current)
 through a conducting loop,
enabling them to do work such as
illuminating a light.
• In brief, voltage = pressure, and it
is measured in volts
• its symbol = v
 What is current ?
• Current is a flow of electrical
charge carriers, usually electrons
or electron-deficient atoms.
•  Physicists consider current to flow
from relatively positive points to
relatively negative points; this is
called conventional current or
Franklin current.
• Its symbol = I
Measurement of current
It is measured in the unit of the
Ampere, simply called “Amp,”
(A). The most common way
to measure current in a circuit is
to break the circuit open and
insert an “ammeter” in series
(in-line) with the circuit so that
all electrons flowing through the
circuit also have to go through
the meter.
 Measurement of voltage
• A voltmeter can be used
to measure the voltage (or potential
difference) between two points in a
system; often a common reference
potential such as the ground of the
system is used as one of the points.
• Derivations from other
quantities: Voltage = En...
• Common symbols: V, ∆V, U, ∆U
• In SI base units: kg⋅m2⋅s−3⋅A−1
 Relation between voltage and
current

The relationship between

current, voltage and resistance is
expressed by Ohm's Law. This states
that the current flowing in a circuit
is directly proportional to the
applied voltage and inversely
proportional to the resistance of the
circuit, provided the temperature
remains constant