Name tikz circuit symbol node

Question

Consider the following minimal example in with TikZ circuit library

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{circuits.ee.IEC}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture} [circuit ee IEC,>=latex]
\draw (0,0) to [bulb] (3,0);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Is it possible to assign a name to this bulb, say (B). And reuse this point like for example:

\draw let \p1=(B.output) in (B.output) -- (\x1,-2);

Answer 1

You can pass options to the bulb node in its argument, so for example ... to [bulb={name=B}] ... (you can also use any other options you can pass to nodes, like thick, red, label=A lightbulb, etc.).

Note that instead of using the let syntax from your example, in this case you could simply use relative coordinates using +.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{circuits.ee.IEC}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture} [circuit ee IEC,>=latex]
\draw (0,0) to [bulb={name=B}] (3,0);
\draw (B.output) -- +(0,-2);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}