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Edition 2026Active Merit Badge
Electronics
Official Requirements & Fillable Workbook · 2026 Edition
Electronics explores the components, circuits, and control systems that make modern technology work. You will learn workshop and electrical safety, draw schematic diagrams using standard component symbols, master soldering and desoldering techniques, explore digital logic and binary numbers, build an operational control, digital, or analog project, use diagnostic test equipment with Ohm's law, and explore electronics careers.
Key Requirements Covered:
- Soldering Safety & Component Assembly
- Schematic Diagrams & Circuit Symbols
- Multimeter & Oscilloscope Testing
- Semiconductors, Microchips & Project Build
7Printable Pages
6Requirements
2025Reqs Revised
What is on the worksheet: Electronics Requirements
Every requirement for the Electronics merit badge, word for word as published, with room to write under each one on the printed worksheet.
1Safety Precautions
Describe the safety precautions you must exercise when using, building, altering, or repairing electronic devices.
2Schematic Diagrams and Components
Do the following:
- a Draw a simple schematic diagram. It must show resistors, capacitors, and transistors or integrated circuits. Use the correct symbols. Label all parts.
- b Tell the purpose of each part.
3Soldering, Heat Control, and PCBs
Do the following:
- a Show the right way to solder and desolder.
- b Show how to avoid heat damage to electronic components.
- c Tell about the function of a printed circuit board. Tell what precautions should be observed when soldering printed circuit boards.
4Control, Digital Logic, Binary, and Project Build
Do the following:
- a Discuss each of the following with your counselor:
- b Show how to change three decimal numbers into binary numbers and three binary numbers into decimal numbers.
- c Choose ONE of the following THREE projects. For your project, find or create a schematic diagram. To the best of your ability, explain to your counselor how the circuit you built operates.
5Ohm's Law, Test Equipment, Resistor Codes, and SMT
Do the following:
- a Show how to solve a simple problem involving current, voltage, and resistance using Ohm's law.
- b Tell about the need for and the use of test equipment in electronics. Name three types of test equipment. Tell how they operate.
- c Demonstrate to your counselor how to read the colored bands of a resistor to determine its resistance value.
- d Explain the differences between Through Hole and Surface Mount assembly technologies and give three advantages of each.
6Careers
Identify three career opportunities that would use skills and knowledge in electronics. Pick one and research the training, education, certification requirements, experience, and expenses associated with entering the field. Research the prospects for employment, starting salary, advancement opportunities and career goals associated with this career. Discuss what you learned with your counselor and whether you might be interested in this career.
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Requirements Revision vs. Worksheet Date
Scouting America last revised the Electronics requirements in 2025. That is the badge, not this sheet — an older year does not mean the worksheet is out of date.
Verbatim Fidelity & Verification
This worksheet was checked against https://www.scouting.org/merit-badges/electronics/ in Aug 2026 and reproduces the requirements word for word. Both dates are printed on the sheet, so a copy in a binder can always be placed in time.
Requirement text is © Scouting America, reproduced verbatim. The worksheet layout and design are original to this project.
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