Basic Electronics And Microcontrollers/Component Hierarchy
Here is a hierarchical listing of electronic components, with brief descriptions
Passive components
Resistive components
Resistors
Carbon-film resistors
- Fixed resistor
- Potentiometer
- Trimmer
Metal-film resistors
- Fixed resistor
Wire-wound resistors
- Fixed resistor
- Potentiometer
Resistive Sensors
Temperature-sensors
- Negative Temperature Coefficient resistor (NTC)
- Positive Temperature Coefficient resistor (PTC)
- Platinum-film resistor (PT100)
Light-dependent resistor (LDR)
Resistive pressure or force sensor
Other Resistive Components
- Incandescent lamp
- Heating-element
- Metal-Oxide Varistor (MOV)
Reactive components
Capacitors
- Electrolytic (polarized) capacitor
- Ceramic capacitor
- Film capacitor
- Mica capacitor
- Trimmer
Piezo-Electric Elements
Inductors
- Inductor
- Transformer
Active components
Diodes
- Rectifier diode
- Schottky diode
- Tunnel diode
- Zener diode
- Transient absorption diode (Transzorb)
- Light-emitting diode (LED)
- Photodiode
- Solar-cell
Transistors
Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT)
- NPN transistor
- PNP transistor
Unijunction Transistors (UJT)
Field-Effect Transistors (FET)
Junction-FETs (JFET)
- N-channel
- P-channel
Metal Oxide Semiconductor FET (MOSFET)
Enhancement-mode
- N-channel
- P-channel
Depletion-mode
- N-channel
- P-channel
Depletion-Enhancement-mode
- N-channel
- P-channel
Thyristors
Triacs
Others
- Peltier-element