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.
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Reactive Power We know that reactive loads such as inductors and…
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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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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Electronic power conversion circuits known…
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What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…
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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
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Whenever electrons flow through a conductor, a magnetic field will…
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Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…
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Value of time constant in series RC and RL circuits Time…
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A thyristor is a device that has a number of unusual characteristics.…
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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…
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This calculator computes the resonant frequency of a parallel inductor and capacitor "tank" circuit.
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For ease of drawing complex circuit diagrams, electronic amplifiers…
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In the last section, we saw how the 3rd harmonic and all of its…
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It is sometimes desirable to have circuits capable of selectively…
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Label where each of the following electrical quantities would be found…
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Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
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Voltage is commonly defined as “electrical pressure.” The unit of…
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With this lesson, I hope to avoid a common mistake found in…
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How to Create Band-pass Filter There are applications where a…
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If some percentage of an amplifier’s output signal is connected…
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What is an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), and what…
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So far, we’ve observed simulations of transformers where the…
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Write the following exponential expressions in expanded form: 101 =…
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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.
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The logic simplification examples that we have done so far could have…
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A mathematician named DeMorgan developed a pair of important rules…
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A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
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As the name suggests, the tetrode tube contains four elements: cathode…
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This tool is designed to calculate the maximum distance (range) that a radar can detect
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So far, we’ve only been able to escape the sheer volume of…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use a potentiometer as a variable resistor to control the speed of a motor and learn how to connect a potentiometer as a rheostat.
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This calculates the capacitance of a capacitor based on its charge, Q, and its voltage, V, according to the formula, C=Q/V.
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The circuit in the previous section is not a very practical one. In…
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What would happen to this meter movement, if connected directly to a…
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! One of the fundamental principles of…
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Note that the direction of the arrow at the gate indicates the…
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Explain how a moving-coil, or dynamic microphone works. Identify how…
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Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…
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Thomas Edison, that prolific American inventor, is often credited with…
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Valence: The electrons in the outermost shell, or valence shell, are…
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Diodes can perform switching and digital logic operations. Forward and…
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This tool is designed to calculate cross-talk coefficient and coupled voltage for a microstrip.
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