Formulas for Basic Electronics (Secondary)

Resistor Colors
186,000 mi/sec or 1e8 m/sec c
Black 0
T=1/f Period
Brown 1
f = 1 / T Frequency
Red 2
 = f/c Wavelength
Orange 3

Yellow 4 f = /c Frequency

Green 5

Blue 6
Series Circuits
Violet 7
VT V1 + V2 + ... + Vn
Gray 8
IT I 1 = I2 = In
White 9
RT R1 + R2 + ... + RN
Gold 5%
PT P1 + P2 + ... + Pn
Silver 10%
ZT Z1 + Z2 + ... + Zn
Degrees Radians None 20%
Z  R  X −X
2
L C 2
180 rad=deg∗  
deg=rad∗ 
 180
Resistors Inductors Capacitors Parallel Circuits
Sine Wave Conversions fres = 1
--- VT V1 = V2 = Vn
2 ∗ [LC]
Pk-Pk x Pk x RMS x AVG x
XL 1 IT I1 + I2 + ... + In
f=
Pk -Pk = 1 2 2.828 3.14 --- 2 ∗C∗ X C
2 ∗L All Circuits 2 Branch Equal R
Pk = 0.5 1 1.414 1.57 X= 1 1 1 1 −1
R1 R2 R1
--- 2 ∗f ∗L RT   ... 
2 ∗f ∗C R1 R2 Rn
RMS = 0.3535 0.707 1 1.11 R 1R2 Rn
Z= R 0 XL 90 XC 90 1 1 1 −1 Z1 Z2 Z1
AVG = 0.3185 0.637 0.9 1 ZT   ... 
Z1 Z2 Zn Z 1 Z 2 Zn
t= --- L/R RC

L= XL PT P1 + P2 + ... + Pn
Transformers : Turns / Voltage / Current Ratios --- ---
2f
Np V p N p Is Is V p Z E T  R X L −X C 2
= = = 1 =
Ns V s Ns I p Ip Vs C= I T R 2X L− X C  2
--- --- 2  f XC