Circuits in Practice: The Wheatstone Bridge, What It Does, and Why It Matters

Producer: Joe Griffin; created: May 4, 2014 This video was designed and produced for the benefit of students studying electricity and magnetism from a physics perspective. The intent is to give physics students interested in applying their knowledge of circuits an awareness of how error can affect circuitry and how to address it. The video was produced as the final project for the MIT class ES.333, Production of Educational Videos, and to fill a gap in the space of educational material regarding entry-level circuitry in engineering. Students in MIT's 8.02 and 8.022 classes, equivalent classes at other colleges, and high school physics students studying circuitry are encouraged to watch this video to gain an understanding of the engineering mindset as it pertains to circuitry. Thanks to Dave Custer, Graham Ramsay, and John Copeland for advice regarding the production of the video and to Dr. Paola Rebusco for content supervision. Credit for the music used in the video, which was edited for the purposes of the video, goes to basematic on dig.ccmixter.org.