What is Components: Definition and 946 Discussions

An electronic component is any basic discrete device or physical entity in an electronic system used to affect electrons or their associated fields. Electronic components are mostly industrial products, available in a singular form and are not to be confused with electrical elements, which are conceptual abstractions representing idealized electronic components and elements.
Electronic components have a number of electrical terminals or leads. These leads connect to other electrical components, often over wire, to create an electronic circuit with a particular function (for example an amplifier, radio receiver, or oscillator). Basic electronic components may be packaged discretely, as arrays or networks of like components, or integrated inside of packages such as semiconductor integrated circuits, hybrid integrated circuits, or thick film devices. The following list of electronic components focuses on the discrete version of these components, treating such packages as components in their own right.

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  1. MatinSAR

    How many independent components does a tensor have?

    It's a 4th-dimensional 4th-rank tensor so at first we have ##4^4=256## components. According to the book, Given that ##R_{iklm}=-R_{ikml}## 256 components reduces to 96. But I cannot see how. For one pair of i,k 16 components are dependent. We have 12 pairs of i,k(for ##i≠k## becsuse for i=k...
  2. K

    Is grounding necessary when running off of batteries?

    Hi all, playing with fancy e textiles and I wish to run a current through it. I don’t want to use mains, or d cell batteries. Can you point me in the right direction what components I could use and also how to get away with any grounding as it’s just a small area to put a current through...
  3. Mohmmad Maaitah

    Diffrence between resolving vector to components and find projections

    I don't get what is the difference when I am asked to re-solve components and find projections to axes other than the Y and X I know that the parallelogram works for the first one and the dot product for the second but what's the diffrence!
  4. Nova_Chr0n0

    Correct approach in resolving a force into its different components

    I've already got the answer and the way to solve it (parallelogram), but I'm just wondering why I cannot use the technique I've learned in the lesson torque. Let's focus on the line AB, if I use what I've learned in torque, the components would be like this: To find the force component in...
  5. milkism

    Maxwell Stress components of the energy-stress-momentum tensor

    Question: Solution: I need help with the last part. I think my numerical factors are incorrect, even if I add the last term it will get worse. What have I done wrong, or is there a better way to deal with this?
  6. sHatDowN

    Vector sample problem -- Force components on a spring mechanism

    Determine the amount and type (tensile or compressive) of the spring force so that the resulting force is a vertical force. Also get the resultant force. i find 60N (compressive) and resultant forces is 10800 is that correct?
  7. BillTre

    Questions About Systems and Their Components

    I have a terminological question: should system parts defined by functional interactions or by being inside (and including) the system’s physical boundary? System components are often defined as part of a system based upon their interactions that lead to the system’s success in achieving its...
  8. P

    I Parallel and perpendicular components

    I first tried to use a method based on Gram Schmidt orthogonalization method: $$ v_{\parallel}=\left(v\ldotp\frac{u}{\left\Vert u\right\Vert }\right)\frac{u}{\left\Vert u\right\Vert }+\left(v\ldotp\frac{w}{\left\Vert w\right\Vert }\right)\frac{w}{\left\Vert w\right\Vert }, $$ and $$...
  9. N

    Average value of components of angular momentum for a wave packet

    I have typed up the main problem in latex (see photo below) It seems all such integrals evaluates to 0, but that is apparantly unreasonable for in classical mechanics such a free particle is with nonzero angular momentum with respect to y axis.
  10. winSOW32

    Protecting PCB, multiplexers and MCU in vending machines

    Hello everyone, I am working on a very low cost, small and basic vending machine ($300) with wooden cabinet for small neighborhood stores. As you may know, it is necessary to properly protect the components to prevent users from trying to steal money or damage the components. The PCB has a TFT...
  11. homeworks

    Vector questions with X and Y Components

    I know what x and y components are but this is really confusing me. And the angle I think is the inverse of tan something. part 3 is so confusing smh
  12. Math Amateur

    I The Inertia Tensor .... Determining Components of Angular Momentum ....

    I am reading Tensor Calculus for Physics by Dwight E. Neuenschwander and am having difficulties in following his logic regarding proceeding to derive the components of Angular Momentum and from there the components of the Inertia Tensor ... On page 36 we read the following: In the above text...
  13. theoster

    Ways to join thin components in a secure way and quick to unfasten

    Hi guys/gals, I am looking for ways to securely fasten components together for aerospace applications and in ways that can be quickly unfastened if replacement is required. I have two main components, (1) a cylindrical (non-circular cross-section) lip in front of (2) a cylindrical barrel...
  14. M

    How do you use electrical components adequately?

    The image i provided is a section of microcontroller circuit that i used to interface code in C with the I/O port of the microcontroller, in Proteus. I have realized i was only ever told to learn how to measure the voltage and current across the components, Kirchhoff's rules and all, and...
  15. NTL2009

    Components of Bluetooth audio delay/latency?

    I often watch instructional YouTube videos on my tablet with Bluetooth headphones. The delay/latency in the audio often isn't so noticeable, but when I see someone using a hammer, or sandpaper, the delay between the visual of the hammer hit or sandpaper swipe and the audible "bam" or "swoosh" is...
  16. Yan Campo

    I Robertson uncertainty relation for the angular momentum components

    I'm studying orbital angular momentum in the quantum domain, and I've come up with the Robertson uncertainty relation for the components of orbital angular momentum. Therefore, I read that it is necessary to pay attention to the triviality problem, because in the case where the commutator is...
  17. ergospherical

    I Finding Riemann Components: Packages & Solutions

    I'm working on a problem involving some hypothetical spacetimes (i.e. no tables/data-sheets available) and need to calculate a bunch of ##R_{\mu \nu \rho \sigma}## and ##R_{\mu \nu}## values, as well as ##R##. The metrics contain some arbitrary functions ##f(x^i)## of the spatial co-ordinates...
  18. yucheng

    Unit Basis Components of a Vector in Tensorial Expressions?

    Divergence formula $$\vec{\nabla} \cdot \vec{A}= \frac{1}{\sqrt{G}} \frac{\partial}{\partial q^{j}} (A^{j} \sqrt{G})$$ If we express it in terms of the components of ##\vec{A}## in unit basis using $$A^{*j} = \sqrt{g^{jj}} A^{j}$$ , we get $$\vec{\nabla} \cdot \vec{A}= \frac{1}{\sqrt{G}}...
  19. e2m2a

    I Confusion between vector components, basis vectors, and scalars

    There is an ambiguity for me about vector components and basis vectors. I think this is how to interpret it and clear it all up but I could be wrong. I understand a vector component is not a vector itself but a scalar. Yet, we break a vector into its "components" and then add them vectorially...
  20. Tobias Holm

    Find frequency such that two components have same average power

    (This is my first time posting here, sorry in advance for any difficulties. ) All componenets of same type has same magnitude, so e.g. the two resistors both have $R$ resistance. Given the difficulty of the previous exercises, I believe I'm over complicating the problem. However, here is what...
  21. ergospherical

    I Non-"00....0" components of charge density for a spin-s force field

    It is given that the charge density of a particle of charge ##q_0##, world line ##z^{\mu}(\tau)## (and 4-velocity ##u^{\mu}##) in a spin-##s## force field is a ##s##-tensor\begin{align*} T^{\mu \nu \dots \rho}(x^{\sigma}) = q_0 \int u^{\mu} u^{\nu} \dots u^{\rho} \delta^4[x^{\sigma} -...
  22. rudransh verma

    Confusion with force components

    x component of ##F_3## ##F_{3x}= m a_x- F_{1x}-F_{2x}## = ##ma\cos 50-F_1\cos(-150)-F_2\cos90## y component of ##F_3## ##F_{3y}= m a_y-F_{1y}-F_{2y}## =##ma\sin50-F_1\sin(-150)-F_2\sin90## And so on… My question how we can represent it in diagram ##F_1\sin(-150)##. I suppose...
  23. snoopies622

    I What do the psi_3 and psi_4 components of the Dirac equation represent?

    Forgive me if you've heard this song before, but I don't understand how to interpret the \psi_3 and \psi_4 components of the Dirac equation. For instance, at 8:27 of this video we see that while an electron at rest can be in a state like [1,0,0,0], the same electron as viewed from a...
  24. C

    The Force components acting on an object

    Another user suggested adding the forces in the x and y direction then dividing by 1.4. Doing this for A) gave me 4.285 which was wrong any suggestions?
  25. Istiak

    Find the value of ##\theta## when the Vx and Vy components are the same

    The picture may be blurry. I couldn't take more less blurry picture hence, giving it. The question is : Find value of ##\theta## when ##V_x## component and ##V_y## component same. I was using a simple equation of vector. $$C=\sqrt{A^2+B^2+2AB\cos\theta}$$...
  26. H

    Relative intensities of fine-structure components in an alkali

    Hi. I'm really stuck with this problem and would appreciate some help. For example, if i take the total intensity from the ##^2\text{P}_{3/2}## level, i get ##a+b##. Since ##b## is 9 times larger than ##a##, i get that the total intensity is ##10a##. This should then be proportional to the...
  27. MD LAT 1492

    I Relative Motion & Local Frame’s Position - when projecting components

    Does the position of the origin for the body’s rotating coordinate frame 1) stay fixed to the moving body or 2) does it stay fixed to the inertial frame, yet still able to rotate as the body rotates with the only restriction that it cannot translate with the body i.e. only affixed at the...
  28. C

    Rotating climbing wall - Components selection

    Hello to all members! I'm looking for specific names of 3 mechanical components from the video: Component name 1: min 0:52 from the video Component name 2: min 1:01 from the video Component name 3 (the brake): min 3:53 from the video Perhaps anyone also has a link to the 3 components? I...
  29. E

    I Components of *J in Kerr geometry

    I am in the middle of a problem for the Kerr geometry, I need to do the integral ##\int_{\mathcal{N}} \star J## over a null hypersurface ##\mathcal{N}## which is a subset of ##\mathcal{H}^+##, where ##J_a = -T_{ab} k^b## and the orientation on ##\mathcal{N}## is ##dv \wedge d\theta \wedge...
  30. B

    I Why is (N dot N) different for magnitude than for X, Y, Z components?

    I have to perform a calculation on my data. Here is an example of data from just one time step (data from other time steps would appear as additional rows). X Y Z Total 2 2 1 3 Total = SQRT(X2 + Y2 + Z2). The calculation I have to do is: (N • N), where "N" is an average. I tried...
  31. S

    Spherical components of a rotated operator

    The operator is the ##T_{xyz}## component of the rank 3 tensor ##T=\vec{r}\otimes\vec{r}\otimes\vec{r}## whose Cartesian components are ##T_{ijk}=r_ir_jr_k##. This tensor ##T## also has spherical components ##T_{q}^{(k)}## where ##k=0,1,2,3##, which in principle can be related to their Cartesian...
  32. Delta2

    Why do we need to increase voltage when overclocking PC components?

    When we overclock CPU or GPU or RAM we also have to increase the voltage to achieve stable operation (provided we have adequate cooling). Why is that?
  33. I

    Question about vector components

    The answer is D (60 degrees) and I understand how to get that answer. But this assumes that the new velocity's component of v/4 can form right angles with another component of the new velocity. So I'm confused whether vector components always form right angles to each other. When I searched...
  34. LCSphysicist

    Components of a Plane of Separation Problem

    I have no idea how to solve this problem. The solution says that the component parallel to the plane of separation is conserved, i am not sure why. Seems to me that in the problem was assumed a special field, but not a generic field.
  35. Hiero

    I Is a vector itself contra/covariant or just its components?

    It seems most people say that a vector is either contravariant or covariant. To me it seems like contra/covariance is a property of the components of a vector (with respect to some basis) and not of the vector itself. Any basis {bi} has a reciprocal basis {bi} and any vector can be expressed...
  36. K

    Conversion between vector components in different coordinate systems

    I am not completely sure what the formulas ##v_j = v^a\frac {\partial x^j} {\partial \chi^a}## and ##v^b = v^a\frac {\partial \chi^b} {\partial x^j}## mean. Is ##v_j## the j:th cartesian component of the vector ##\vec v## or could it hold for other bases as well? What does the second equation...
  37. H

    I The reference frame for angular momentum components

    In which coordinate system the components of angular momentum are quantized? Better to say, if we can select the coordinate system arbitrarily, how the components of angular momentum, say z-component, are always ##L_z=m\hbar##?
  38. K

    I Transformation of vector components

    The components of a vector ##v## are related in two coordinate systems via ##v'^\mu = \frac{\partial x'^\mu}{\partial x^\sigma}v^\sigma##. When evaluating this at a specific ##x'(x_0) \equiv x'_0##, how should we proceed? ##v'^\mu(x'_0) = \frac{\partial x'^\mu}{\partial...
  39. S

    B Components of Tangent Space Vector on Parametrized Curve

    I'm studying 'A Most Incomprehensible Thing - Notes towards a very gentle introduction to the mathematics of relativity' by Collier, specifically the section 'More detail - contravariant vectors'. To give some background, I'm aware that basis vectors in tangent space are given by...
  40. S

    I Breaking an atom down in it's components.

    Good day, I have a question about breaking an atom down in it's components. For an example we have a neutral 4-helium atom. The helium atom have a nucleus which contains 2 protons and 2 neutrons. Around the nucleus of the helium atom 2 electron orbits in the k-shell (according to Bohr's...
  41. Boltzman Oscillation

    The important non-fundamental electrical components?

    Through my 2 analog classes and 2 electronics classes I have learned about resistors, inductors, capacitors, BJTs, Mosfets, and FETS. What are some other fundamental components that I should be taking a look at? To add to this, I don't consider gates as fundamental because they are built up from...
  42. P

    B Animation of a standing wave formed by components from a free end

    This is not a homework question, it is for my understanding so please do not answer this question with a question. I have found this great animated gif but it appears to be for a fixed end (notice wave inversions at the end). Has anyone seen a similar one for a free end? Many Thanks
  43. twilder

    I Scalar product of biharmonic friction with velocity components

    I know that taking the scalar product of the harmonic (Laplacian) friction term with ##\underline u## is $$\underline u \cdot [\nabla \cdot(A\nabla \underline u)] = \nabla \cdot (\underline u A \nabla \underline u) - A (\nabla \underline u )^2 $$ where ##\underline u = (u,v)## and ##A## is a...
  44. M

    Electronics Sourcing LED Components for High-Wattage COB Array (1200w - Woah)

    Hello, I am looking to build an LED Panel for a film/video application. I have a few specific requirements in mind. 1) Color Accuracy beyond general CRI ratings. 2) Flicker Free to Camera (What specifications in LED drivers should I be looking for to ensure this flicker free application?) 3)...
  45. J

    A Electron frequency components during orbital tunneling

    For example, we have this two potencial wells approaching, the electron is confined in one. the final appearance will be like this: THEN, if we know a wave packet is formed by many frequencies, but in a potencial well there are just few frequencies allowed, energy levels, so let's say, one...
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