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Transistors, Bipolar

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There are not too many circuit symbols for bipolar transistors. There…

Practical Considerations - Transformers

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Power Capacity As has already been observed, transformers must be well…

Lorentz Force Calculator

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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.

Analog Lab - 555 Oscillator (Astable Multivibrator)

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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.

Performance-Based Assessments for Digital Circuit Competencies

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Current Divider Circuits and the Current Divider Formula

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A parallel circuit is often called a current divider for its ability…

Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)

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What is Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)? The principle known as…

AC Lab - Sensing AC Magnetic Fields

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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.

Contactors

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All About Contactors When a relay is used to switch a large amount of…

Zener Diodes

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

Complex Circuits

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What do we do if we come across a circuit more complex than the simple…

Signal Modulation

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A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…

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.

Amplifier Impedances

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Input impedance varies considerably with the circuit configuration…

Tracking ADC

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A third variation on the counter-DAC-based converter theme is, in my…

Conductor Ampacity

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The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…

Introduction to Junction Field-effect Transistors (JFET)

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A transistor is a semiconductor device that controls current with the…

Insulated-gate Field-effect Transistors (MOSFET)

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The Insulated-Gate Field-Effect Transistor (IGFET), also known as…

Other Diode Technologies

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Varicap or varactor diodes A variable capacitance diode is known as a…

Venn Diagrams and Sets

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Mathematicians use Venn diagrams to show the logical relationships of…

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.

Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) theory

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

Parallel Circuits and the Application of Ohm’s Law

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In this introduction to parallel resistance circuits, we will explain…

Batteries

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If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…

Analog-to-Digital Conversion

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The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…

Superconductivity

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Conductors lose all of their electrical resistance when cooled to…

Microstrip Trace Width Calculator

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This tool is designed to compute for the trace width of a microstrip

Power Conversion Circuits

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

What Are Electric Circuits?

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You might have been wondering how charges can continuously flow in a…

Waveguide Calculator (Circular)

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This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a circular waveguide

Multiplexers

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A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…

Design Project: DC Voltage Regulator

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It may seem difficult to even start on a project such as this, with no…

Intro Lab - Electromagnetic Induction

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will learn about electromagnetic induction using an electromagnet and a permanent magnet.

Si Lab - Astable Multivibrator Audio Oscillator

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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.

Voltage Regulation

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As we saw in a few SPICE analyses earlier in this chapter, the output…

Precise Diode Circuits

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

Control Circuits

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Performance-Based Assessments for Digital Circuit Competencies

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Pi-Match Impedance Matching Calculator

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This calculator is designed to compute the parameters required to design a Pi-Match Impedance Circuit

Phasor Mathematics

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Provide a definition for phasor, as the term applies to electrical…

Likely Failures in Proven Systems

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The following problems are arranged in order from most likely to least…

Counter Modulus

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Si Lab - Full-wave Center-tap Rectifier

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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.

Biasing Techniques (BJT)

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In the common-emitter section of this chapter, we saw a SPICE analysis…

Modern Nonmechanical Memory

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

Meter Check of a Diode

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The Functionality of Diode Polarity Being able to determine the…

Why L/R and not LR?

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Learn About L/R Time Constants It is often perplexing to new students…

555 Lab - Monostable Multivibrator (One-shot)

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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.

Wire Loop Inductance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a wire loop.

Contactors

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All About Contactors When a relay is used to switch a large amount of…

High-Reliability Circuits

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

Series Resistor-Capacitor Circuits

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In the last section, we learned what would happen in simple…

Active-mode Operation (JFET)

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JFETs, like bipolar transistors, are able to “throttle”…

Basic Ammeter Use

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Show how this ammeter would be connected to the light bulb circuit to…

Series and Parallel Component Equivalent Values

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Series and Parallel Resistances     Series and Parallel…

Power in Electric Circuits

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In addition to voltage and current, there is another important…

Voltage Divider Circuits

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

Electromechanical Relay Logic

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In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…

Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

Introduction to Mixed-Frequency AC Signals

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In our study of AC circuits thus far, we’ve explored circuits…