Circuit Components

Abstract

Circuit Components
Circuit Components

A selection of circuit components shows the miniaturisation of electronics

Portable

Yes

Principles Illustrated

Over the past half century electronic components with equivalent functionality have shrunk by orders of magnitude. This has driven much of the technology that has changed the world during this time.

NCEA & Science Curriculum

Technology and physics

Instructions

Display the electronic components and have students look through the microscope at the older microchip on which a “city” of components and connections is visible. Explain that modern microchips have components too small to see clearly with a light microscope. Check for latest data, but at time of writing chips with billions of components were available.

Safety

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Credits

This teaching resource was developed with support from

The MacDiarmid Institute
Faculty of Science, Victoria University of Wellington
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington

Copyright

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