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Performance-Based Assessments for AC Circuit Competencies

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Node Voltage Method

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The node voltage method of DC network analysis solves for unknown…

Inverting and Noninverting OpAmp Voltage Amplifier Circuits

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Simple Vector Addition

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Remember that vectors are mathematical objects just like numbers on a…

Multiplexers and Demultiplexers

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

Digital Lab - 7-segment LED Display

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will control a 7-segment binary-coded decimal (BCD) display and learn about active-low and active-high logic inputs.

Inductor Transient Response

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Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…

Rectifier Circuits

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What is Rectification? Now we come to the most popular application of…

Conductor Size

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It should be common-sense knowledge that liquids flow through…

Noise Figure and Noise Temperature Calculator

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This calculator computes the noise figure and noise temperature in a system

AC Lab - Automotive Alternator as AC Generator

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an automotive alternator to generate three-phase AC voltage and learn how alternators can function as both generators and motors.

Static Electricity

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It was discovered centuries ago that certain types of materials would…

Potential Pitfalls

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Fallacious reasoning and poor interpersonal relations account for more…

Modern Nonmechanical Memory

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Now we can proceed to studying specific types of digital storage…

Impedance Matching With Transformers

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Suppose you were to take a 3 kW electric heater rated for 240 VAC and…

Design Project: Simple Component Curve-Tracer Circuit

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What do each of the oscilloscope axes represent, in real-life terms…

Insulated Gate Field-Effect Transistors

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Intro Lab - A Simple Lighting Circuit

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a battery-operated circuit with a light and learn about open and short circuit failures.

Passive Integrator and Differentiator Circuits

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…

Si Lab - Commutating Diode

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple circuit that will teach you how to use a commutating diode to reduce inductive kickback.

Tubes versus Semiconductors

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Devoting a whole chapter in a modern electronics text to the design…

Non-right Triangle Trigonometry

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The Law of Sines (for any triangle) The Law of Cosines (for any…

Wavelength (TEM) Calculator

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This calculator determines the wavelength of a signal given the frequency and dielectric constant.

Polyphase Power Systems

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Explain the difference between a balanced polyphase system and an…

Electrical Transients

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This chapter explores the response of capacitors and inductors to…

Si Lab - BJT Common-collector Voltage Follower

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a voltage follower amplifier using a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) in common-collector configuration and learn about circuit ground and impedance transformations.

AC Lab - Noise Cancellation

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an AC voltage source connected to speakers to learn about sound waves and the foundational principle used in noise cancelling headphones.

Microstrip Crosstalk Calculator

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This tool is designed to calculate cross-talk coefficient and coupled voltage for a microstrip.

Introduction to Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT)

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The invention of the bipolar transistor in 1948 ushered in a…

DC Lab - An Analog Computer For Averaging

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple circuit that computes the average of voltages and learn about analog computers and their application.

Mixed-Frequency Signals

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What is a harmonic frequency? If an oscillator circuit outputs a…

Arithmetic with Scientific Notation

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The benefits of scientific notation do not end with ease of writing…

From Electric to Electronic

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Introduction This third volume of the book series Lessons In Electric…

Basic Logic Gate Troubleshooting

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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…

Special-output Gates

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Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…

Voltage Divider Circuits

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Let’s analyze a simple series circuit and determine the voltage…

Optoelectronic Devices

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In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…

AC Lab - Using a Transformer to Build a 12 VAC Power Supply

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a 12 V alternating current (AC) power supply using a step-down transformer and learn about transformer operation and the purpose of tapped windings.

What is the Relationship Between Conductance and Resistance?

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The concept and measurement units of resistance are most often used…

SPICE Simulation of Series and Parallel Circuits

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Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…

Electric Shock Data

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The table of electric currents and their various bodily effects was…

Brushless DC Motor

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Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…

Winding Configurations

Textbook

Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…