Electronics Merit Badge
Six requirements, with the lettered parts of 2, 3, 4 and 5 drawn as steps, the shown work (soldering, binary conversion, Ohm's law, resistor bands) marked, and the project build of 4(c) drawn as a question of three: a control device, a digital circuit or an analog circuit.
7 steps (15 parts inside them). 3 parts depend on questions you have not answered yet. · Version 1, published 8 October 2026 · About Electronics Merit Badge
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The steps
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1. Safety precautions with electronic devices Requirement
When using, building, altering or repairing them, described.
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2. A schematic diagram, and what its parts do Requirement
Two parts: draw it, then tell the purpose of each part.
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3. Soldering, and printed circuit boards Requirement
Two parts shown and one explained.
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4. Control, digital and analog electronics, and a project Requirement
A discussion, binary conversions, and one project built.
6 parts
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5. Ohm's law, test equipment, resistors and assembly Requirement
Four parts, two of them shown.
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6. Three careers in electronics, one researched Requirement
Training, education, certification requirements, experience and expenses; prospects for employment, starting salary, advancement opportunities and career goals. Discuss what you learned with your counselor, and whether you might be interested.
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Counselor signs it off Milestone
The completion date is the date you met the requirements, not the date of the signature.
Usually comes after 1. Safety precautions with electronic devices, 2. A schematic diagram, and what its parts do and 4 others.
Merit badge requirements are republished annually. A Scout beginning work uses the requirements as they stand then; a Scout already working may finish under the ones they started with. Guide to Advancement 7.0.4.3 governs which applies. This page records the date its copy was read. Check it against the official page before relying on it.
This plan is a planning aid: the current Boy Scouts of America publication is always the authority, and the sources used here are listed in full. Each step names its own.