\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{Coalmine} \pdfinfo{ /Title (electric-circuits.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (Coalmine) /Subject (Electric Circuits Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{A60F0A} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{FCF7F7} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Electric Circuits Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{Coalmine} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/132963/cs/26999/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Coalmine \\ \uline{cheatography.com/coalmine} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 9th March, 2021.\\ Updated 9th March, 2021.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.68 cm} x{4.32 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Symbols To Know}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Switch & Thermistor \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Fuse & Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Lamp & Variable Resistor/Reostat \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Light Emitting Diode (LED) & Diode \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Resistor & Voltmeter \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Battery & Ammeter \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} A.C Power Supply & D.C Power supply \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Battery Pack & Speaker \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Series and Parallel Circuits}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Series & Parallel \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Current flowing in each component is the same & Current is shared at each junction \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Useful when you need a warning when something breaks & Useful when you want other components to work when another is broken. \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & All components receive the same voltage \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{I-V Graphs}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/coalmine_1615309338_I-V Graphs.jpg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{The graphs can also be reversed (V-I Graphs)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Current And Voltage}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Voltage & Current \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} PUSH behind current & Rate of flow of electrons \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Measured in Volts (V) & Measured in Amps (A) \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Measured by voltmeter, which is placed in parallel to circuit & Measured by ammeter, which is placed in series to circuit \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} The more batteries, the more voltage & The more resistance, the less current \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{NOTE: Only ENERGY is used up} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Resistor}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Resistors are the opposition to flow of current.} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Resistors continued}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{It is measured in Ohms' and is calculated by Ohm's Law} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{NOTE: A filament lamp is also a resistor} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.24 cm} x{3.76 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Equations}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Voltage = Current x Resistance & V=IR \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Power = Current x Voltage & P=IV \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Power = Current\textasciicircum{}2\textasciicircum{} x Resistance & P=I\textasciicircum{}2\textasciicircum{}R \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Total Resistance in Series & R\textasciicircum{}1\textasciicircum{} + R\textasciicircum{}2\textasciicircum{} + R\textasciicircum{}3\textasciicircum{} ... \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Total Resistance in Parallel & 1/R\textasciicircum{}1\textasciicircum{} + 1/R\textasciicircum{}2\textasciicircum{} + 1/R\textasciicircum{}3\textasciicircum{} ... \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Thermistors and LDR Graph}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/coalmine_1615309433_Thermoistors and LDR Graph.jpg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Other things}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Thin wire - Less current} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Thick wire - More current} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Long Wire - Less current} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Short Wore - More current} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Mains voltage is usually 230V} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}