Circuit Symbols

Electrical and Electronic

BASIC
ANSI/IEEE

IEC

WIRES JOINED WIRES NOT JOINED BATTERY DC SUPPLY AC SUPPLY FUSE TRANSFORMER GROUND

RESISTORS/CAPACITORS
ANSI/IEEE ANSI/IEEE ANSI/IEEE ANSI/IEEE ANSI/IEEE ANSI/IEEE ANSI/IEEE

IEC IEC IEC IEC IEC IEC IEC

RESISTOR VARIABLE RESISTOR VARIABLE RESISTOR LDR THERMISTOR CAPACITOR CAPACITOR

(RHEOSTAT) (POTENTIOMETER) (POLARISED)

DIODES/TRANSISTORS

DIODE LIGHT EMITTING DIODE ZENER DIODE PHOTODIODE TRANSISTOR NPN TRANSISTOR PNP PHOTOTRANSISTOR NPN

SWITCHES
IEC ANSI/IEEE

CIRCUIT SYMBOLS
PUSH TO MAKE PUSH TO BREAK SPST SPDT DPST DPDT RELAY RELAY Circuit symbols are used in circuit diagrams
which show how a circuit is connected together.
OUTPUT DEVICES
The symbols may differ only slightly but their
M intended meanings can be very different.

LAMP (INDICATOR)  LAMP (LIGHTING)  MOTOR BELL BUZZER INDUCTOR LOUDSPEAKER There are two standards of symbols that
you may encounter, ANSI/IEEE and IEC - both
LOGIC GATES variants have been shown so that you can see
the differences.
=1 & & >1 >1 =1 =1
Familiarise yourself with these symbols before
NOT AND NAND OR NOR EX-OR EX-NOR
you begin to use them.

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