Pull Up/Down Resistors

In hardware projects, you often see resistors used alongside components like pushbuttons and transistors - Why? In this video, we explore this and also consider some possibilities this opens up!

0:00 Introduction
0:28 Floating Pins
1:36 Pull-Down Resistors
3:14 Pull-Up Resistors
4:47 Strong vs Weak Pull
5:41 Conclusion

Some more sources you may be interested in:
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/...
https://electronics.stackexchange.com...

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