At the same time, it bequeathed its name to the later genre of continental literature, the novel, which is known in French as roman, in Italian as romanzo, etc. (The English term romance, however, carries a pejorative connotation.)
Various electronic components. An electronic component is any basic discrete device or physical entity in an electronic system used to affect electrons or their associated fields. transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify and switch electronic signals and electrical power. 1  Transistors. 2  Bipolar junction transistor (BJT, or simply transistor) â NPN or PNP. 3  Photo transistor â Amplified photodetector.
Chapter 4 - Switches. An electrical switch is any device used to interrupt the flow of electrons in a circuit. Switches are essentially binary devices: they are either completely on (âclosedâ) or completely off (âopenâ). There are many different types of switches, and we will explore some of these types in this chapter.