There are not too many circuit symbols for bipolar transistors. There…
Power Capacity As has already been observed, transformers must be well…
This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.
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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A parallel circuit is often called a current divider for its ability…
What is Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)? The principle known as…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will sense AC magnetic fields using a simple wire coil and learn about AC signal coupling, orientation effects, and the impact of shielding using different materials.
All About Contactors When a relay is used to switch a large amount of…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
What do we do if we come across a circuit more complex than the simple…
A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…
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.
Input impedance varies considerably with the circuit configuration…
A third variation on the counter-DAC-based converter theme is, in my…
The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…
A transistor is a semiconductor device that controls current with the…
The Insulated-Gate Field-Effect Transistor (IGFET), also known as…
Varicap or varactor diodes A variable capacitance diode is known as a…
Mathematicians use Venn diagrams to show the logical relationships of…
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.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In this introduction to parallel resistance circuits, we will explain…
If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…
The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…
Conductors lose all of their electrical resistance when cooled to…
This tool is designed to compute for the trace width of a microstrip
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
You might have been wondering how charges can continuously flow in a…
This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a circular waveguide
A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…
It may seem difficult to even start on a project such as this, with no…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will learn about electromagnetic induction using an electromagnet and a permanent magnet.
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build an astable multivibrator (oscillator) circuit that provides an output in the audio frequency range and learn the effect of component values and supply voltage on oscillation frequency.
As we saw in a few SPICE analyses earlier in this chapter, the output…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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This calculator is designed to compute the parameters required to design a Pi-Match Impedance Circuit
Provide a definition for phasor, as the term applies to electrical…
The following problems are arranged in order from most likely to least…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave rectifier for AC to DC conversion and learn about center-tapped transformers.
In the common-emitter section of this chapter, we saw a SPICE analysis…
Now we can proceed to studying specific types of digital storage…
The Functionality of Diode Polarity Being able to determine the…
Learn About L/R Time Constants It is often perplexing to new students…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a monostable multivibrator using a 555 timer IC and learn about RC time constant charging and how a one-shot timer operates.
This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a wire loop.
All About Contactors When a relay is used to switch a large amount of…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
In the last section, we learned what would happen in simple…
JFETs, like bipolar transistors, are able to “throttle”…
Show how this ammeter would be connected to the light bulb circuit to…
Series and Parallel Resistances Series and Parallel…
In addition to voltage and current, there is another important…
Let’s analyze a simple series circuit and determine the voltage…
In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…
The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
In our study of AC circuits thus far, we’ve explored circuits…
