De Forest’s Audion tube came to be known as the triode tube…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a pulse-width modulator power controller for a light and learn the basics of PWM signals.
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There’s a sure way to calculate any of the values in a reactive…
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There are not too many circuit symbols for bipolar transistors. There…
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Ladder diagrams are specialized schematics commonly used to document…
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SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…
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After applying some of the general troubleshooting tips to narrow the…
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In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of voltage…
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In Millman’s Theorem, the circuit is re-drawn as a parallel…
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As an instructor of electronics, I am called upon frequently to help…
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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for a non-inverting Op-Amp
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The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was named because its operation…
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One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Electromechanical relays used to start and stop high-power electric…
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If you’ve ever witnessed a lightning storm, you’ve seen…
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Parametric data for all semiconductor op-amp models except the CA3130…
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Determine if the light bulb will de-energize for each of the following…
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This calculator helps determine the resistance of a variable resistor within a Wheatstone bridge circuit or the differential voltage created across the bridge terminals.
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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
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Let’s take the following example circuit and analyze it: …
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To express a quantity in a different metric prefix from how it was…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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As we’ve seen, negative feedback is an incredibly useful…
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What does the acronym RF stand form, in reference to radio-related…
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So far, we’ve explored tubes which are totally…
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The atoms in insulating materials have very tightly-bound electrons,…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in parallel to power a light and learn the relationship between the individual battery currents and the total system current.
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The earliest forms of digital data storage involving moving parts was…
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This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.
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Current Source It is possible through the use of electronic amplifiers…
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The nonlinearity of material permeability may be graphed for better…
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The logic simplification examples that we have done so far could have…
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To build the DIY electronics projects described in this textbook, you will need a small work area, a few tools, and some basic electronics supplies. This page describes the setup of a low-cost home electronics laboratory.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…
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What is the difference between DC and AC electricity? Identify some…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build resistive current dividers and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's current law function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a 3-bit down counter using J-K flip-flops and learn about asynchronous counter functionality.
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A calculator for computing the inductance of a coaxial cable.
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The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator using a 555 timer and learn the theory of operation of the 555 timer when configured as an astable multivibrator.
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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You might have noticed on the table for specific resistances that all…
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SPICE is a computer program designed to simulate analog electronic…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Schmitt trigger using a 555 timer and learn about hysteresis and the inner workings of the extremely versatile 555 timer IC.
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In essence, the IGFET controls the base current of a BJT, which…
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Long before the advent of digital electronic technology, computers…
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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog voltage comparator circuit and learn how open-loop operational amplifiers function.
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This calculates values of the inductance, capacitance of an inductor and capacitor used in a Butterworth LC bandpass filter.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator with hysteresis from a Schmitt trigger and learn how to use it to create an RC oscillator and a method to configure a 555 timer as an astable multivibrator.
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The Maximum Power Transfer Theorem is not so much a means of analysis…
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