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An optical pickup head unit from a Blu-ray writer drive. - Matthew Burris

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Voltage is a core concept in electronics and can be easily visualized and understood through an analogy with water.
Electric Current
The basics of electric current. Use the analogy of flowing water in pipes and ignore the historical blunder made by Benjamin Franklin reversing the polarity of the charge the moves in electric current.
Introduction to Learning Electronics
Learning electronics is very tough. Figure out what to learn first and how to learn electronics and the first few steps will be much easier.
AWG
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Auto Shutdown
Glossary: Auto Shutdown
ATM
Glossary: ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATE
Glossary: ATE - Automatic Test Equipment
ASIC
Glossary: ASIC - Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASCII
Glossary: ASCII
APM - Advanced Power Management
Glossary: APM - Advanced Power Management
API - Application Program Interface
Glossary: API - Application Program Interface
Avalanche Photo Diode
Glossary: Avalanche Photo Diode
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