What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…
In this introduction to series resistance circuits, we will explain…
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.
This page provides a step-by-step introduction to using the mesh…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
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Reactive Power We know that reactive loads such as inductors and…
Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
When someone mentions the word “computer,” a digital…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple transformer and learn some important transformer fundamentals including voltage step-up and step-down.
Digital logic gate circuits are manufactured as integrated circuits:…
Diodes can perform switching and digital logic operations. Forward and…
Unijunction transistor: Although a unijunction transistor is not a…
Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
After applying some of the general troubleshooting tips to narrow the…
De Forest’s Audion tube came to be known as the triode tube…
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.
Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
This calculator computes for the capacitor charge time and energy, given the supply voltage and the added series resistance.
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Note: all angles (x) must be expressed in units of radians for these…
The Q, or quality, factor of a resonant circuit is a measure of the…
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
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Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…
As we’ve already learned, electricity requires a complete path…
Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
There are three major kinds of power supplies: unregulated (also…
Determine if the light bulb will de-energize for each of the following…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog voltage comparator circuit and learn how open-loop operational amplifiers function.
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.
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.
It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…
The peak voltage calculator calculates peak voltage values from the peak-to-peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.
In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…
In this introduction to parallel resistance circuits, we will explain…
A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…
If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…
Programming a circuit simulation with SPICE is much like programming…
If we examine a four-bit binary count sequence from 0000 to 1111, a…
Like its bipolar cousin, the field-effect transistor may be used as an…
This calculator uses Faraday's and Lenz's laws to calculate the magnitude and polarity of the induced electromotive force (EMF) caused by a change in magnetic flux through a closed-loop coil.
As strange as it may seem, any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform is…
The word battery simply means a group of similar components. In…
Unijunction transistor: Although a unijunction transistor is not a…
This calculator provides three options—basic, intermediate, and advanced—for determining expected battery life for microcontroller, Internet of Things (IoT), and edge processing systems with up to four different operating modes.
In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure current using the ammeter function.
This tool is designed to calculate the maximum distance (range) that a radar can detect
The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was named because its operation…
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.
This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a rectangular waveguide
The most important component of your voltmeter will be the…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a thermocouple to measure temperature changes and learn about the Seebeck effect.
Whenever there is a mismatch of impedance between transmission line…
The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…
