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Electrical and Electronics Symbols

and Meanings Chart
Electrical Symbols

Wires Symbols

Symbol Name Description

It is the symbol that is used to represent a

Electrical Wire
wire.

Connected This Symbol represents the wire connected

Wires crossing.

Not Connect This Symbol shows that wires are not

Wires connected on crossing.

Switches Symbols

Symbol Name Description

SPST Toggle It is the symbol of a switch that

Switch disconnects current when open.

SPDT Toggle This Symbol of switch selects between two

Switch connections.

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Push Button It is a symbol that denotes Momentary

(N.O) switch - normally open.

Push Button This denotes the symbol of a Momentary

Switch (N.C) switch - normally closed.

It is the symbol of the DIP switch which is

DIP Switch
used for onboard configuration.

Relays

Symbol Name Description

This shows the symbol of relay that close

SPST Relay
connection by an electromagnet.

This shows the symbol of relay that open

SPDT Relay
connection by an electromagnet.

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Earthing

Symbol Name Description

Earth This Symbol is used for zero potential reference

Ground and electrical shock protection.

Chassis This symbol shows the wire Connected to the

Ground chassis of the circuit.

Digital It refers to the reference voltage of digital-

Ground analog if.

Inductors

Symbol Name Description

Symbol of a Coil / solenoid that generates a

Indicator
magnetic field.

Iron Core It is the symbol of the iron core Inductor

Inductor Which Includes iron.

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Variable It is the coil or solenoid that has a Variable

Inductor magnetic field.

Motor and Transformer

Symbol Name Description

Symbol of motor, which changes electric
Motor
energy to kinetic energy.

AC Transformer changes AC voltage from high

Transformer to low or low to high.

Electronics Symbols

Resistance

Symbol Name Description

Variable It is the symbol of an adjustable resistor

Resistance which has 2 terminals.

It is the symbol of an adjustable resistor

Potentiometer
that has 3 terminals.

Trimmer It is the symbol of a trimmer which is also

Resistor known as a Preset resistor.

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It is the symbol of a Thermal resistor that

Thermistor changes the resistance when temperature
changes.

It is the symbol of Photo-resistor - change

Photoresistor
resistance with light intensity change.

Diode

Symbol Name Description

Diode allows current flow in one direction

Diode
only - left (anode) to the right (cathode).

It allows current flow in one direction, but

Zener Diode also can flow in the reverse direction when
above breakdown volt.

Schottky Schottky diode is a diode with a low voltage

Diode drop.

This represents the varicap diode. Variable

Varicap Diode
capacitance diode.

Light Emitting
LED emits light when current flows through it.
Diode

This is the symbol of Photodiode that allows

Photodiode
current flow when exposed to light.

Capacitor

Symbol Name Description

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Capacitor is used to store electric charge. It

Capacitor acts as a short circuit with AC and an open
circuit with DC.

Variable The Symbol represent the adjustable

Capacitor capacitance.

Sources

Symbol Name Description

It is the symbol of a voltage Source which

Voltage Source
generates constant voltage.

It is the symbol of a current Source which

Current Source
generates constant current.

AC Voltage
This symbol shows the AC Voltage Source.
Source

It is the symbol of single cell use to

Battery Cell
generate constant volt.

It is the symbol of a battery which is the

Battery
combination of two or more cells.

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It is the symbol of a constant voltage

Controlled
Source that gives controllable voltage at
Voltage Source
the output.

It represents the controlled Current source

Controlled
which gives controllable current at the
Current Source
output.

Meter Symbols

Symbol Name Description

It is the symbol that shows Voltmeter which is

Voltmeter
used to measure the voltage.

It represents the ammeter whose work is to

Ammeter
measure the current in the circuit.

It is the symbol of the ohmmeter which is

Ohmmeter
needed to measure the value of a resistor.

This represents the power meter which shows

Wattmeter
the power consumption.

Converter and Amplifier Symbols

Symbol Name Description

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Operational This operational gives Amplify input

Amplifier signal.

Analog to Digital This is the symbol of ATD converts

Converter analog signal to digital numbers.

Digital to Analog This is the symbol of DTA converts

Converter digital numbers to analog signals.

Transistors Symbols

Symbol Name Description

NPN Bipolar It allows current flow when the high

Transistor potential is at the base (middle).

PNP Bipolar It allows current flow when the low potential

Transistor is at the base (middle) of the symbol.

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Darlington It is made from 2 bipolar transistors. Has

Transistor total gain of the product of each gain.

JFET-N Symbol of JFET N-channel field effect

Transistor transistor.

JFET-P This is the symbol of JFET P which is a P-

Transistor channel effect transistor.

NMOS This is a symbol of Mosfet N-channel

Transistor MOSFET transistor.

PMOS This is a symbol of Mosfet P-channel

Transistor MOSFET transistor.

Utility Symbols

Symbol Name Description

Produce a buzzing sound when current flows

BUZZER
through it.

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This is the symbol of Bell which Rings when

Electric Bell
activated.

The fuse disconnects when current above

Fuse the threshold---used to protect a circuit
from high currents.

The bus symbol contains several wires.

Bus
usually for data / address.

Loudspeaker Convert electrical signal to sound waves.

Microphone Converts sound waves to the

Microphone
electrical signal.

Lamp/Light This is the symbol of a lamp that glows when

Bulb current flows through it.

Logic Gates and Multiplexer Symbols

Symbol Name Description

This is the symbol of NOT Gate. Output 1 when

Not Gate
input is 0.

This is the symbol of AND Gate. Output 1 when

AND Gate
both inputs are 1.

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This shows NAND Gate, which Outputs 0 when

NAND Gate
both inputs are 1. (NOT + AND).

This symbol shows or Gate, which Outputs 1

OR Gate
when any input is 1.

Symbol of XOR Gate, which Outputs 1 when

XOR Gate
inputs are different. (Exclusive OR).

Symbol of the multiplexer. Connect the

Multiplexer
output to the selected input line.

DE This shows DE multiplexer.Connect selected

multiplexer output to the input line.

This shows Optocoupler. Optocoupler

Optocoupler
isolates connection to other board.

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