Terminology Basic Electrical Terminology Volts (Power), V: The potential difference in charge between two points The size of the force that sends the electrons through a circuit Amperes (Current), Amp, I The unit used to measure electric current The number of electrons flowing through a circuit.  Watts, W A measure of the rate of energy transfer of an appliance The rate of energy generated or consumed Ohms (Resistance), 𝝮 A measure of the opposition to current flow in an electrical circuit Circuit:  A closed loop of conductive material. Continuous flow of electric current. Positive to negative or ground. (+, -) Series:  Components are chained together from positive to negative to positive, etc. Parallel:  Negative to Negative and Positive to Positive CANchain: The chain of CAN devices and their connections gives information to each other. Also referred to as CAN bus, there may be multiple for different parts of a robot. Electrically, the FRC CAN network is a two-wire bus, designed to allow dozens of devices to talk to each other with a single network.  Needs two 120-ohm resistors to terminate the ends of the bus. Bandwidth: The ability to measure a signal Multimeter:  Electronic measurement tool Used to measure various electrical values Analog vs Digital