Wiring for AC and DC power distribution branch circuits are color…
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In this hands-on semiconductor experiment, build an improved full-wave rectifier with output filtering and learn about capacitive filtering in AC-to-DC power converters.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will construct a voltage detector with adjustable sensitivity and audio output, and you will learn a method for detecting small electrical signals without an oscilloscope.
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Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…
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Over the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…
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JFETs, like bipolar transistors, are able to “throttle”…
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It was discovered centuries ago that certain types of materials would…
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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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OK, so how exactly can we represent AC quantities of voltage or…
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Quantum physics describes the states of electrons in an atom according…
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“The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of…
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In this series of hands-on electronics experiments, build analog circuits, including amplifiers, comparators, oscillators, and more. Following the step-by-step instructions will help you understand and appreciate analog systems.
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As we’ve seen, negative feedback is an incredibly useful…
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If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…
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So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…
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If some percentage of an amplifier’s output signal is connected…
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To enter numbers in scientific notation into a hand calculator, there…
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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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This calculator will compute the required resistor ratio (R2/R1) and reference voltage (VREF) to create the desired high (VTH) and low (VTL) threshold voltages in a non-inverting comparator circuit with hysteresis (commonly called a Schmitt trigger).
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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
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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.
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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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Suppose you were to take a 3 kW electric heater rated for 240 VAC and…
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“With Electronics Workbench, you can create circuit schematics…
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The jobs of electronics engineers and technicians frequently entail…
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A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…
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Roman Numerals The Romans devised a system that was a substantial…
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Seebeck Effect An interesting phenomenon applied in the field of…
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Radio waves are comprised of oscillating electric and magnetic fields,…
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The most important component of your voltmeter will be the…
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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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There are two basic Ohm’s Law equations: one relating voltage,…
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What is a harmonic frequency? If an oscillator circuit outputs a…
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While the binary numeration system is an interesting mathematical…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, construct a three-stage common-emitter amplifier using bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about multi-stage gain and feedback.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Add the following binary numbers:
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In many circuit applications, we encounter components connected…
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Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…
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This calculator shows the peak-to-peak voltage (VP-P) value from the peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.
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Example Derivatives of e Proportionality Constant When we say that a…
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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure current using the ammeter function.
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A thyristor is a device that has a number of unusual characteristics.…
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The metric system, besides being a collection of measurement units for…
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The Functionality of Diode Polarity Being able to determine the…
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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So far we have been finding Sum-Of-Product (SOP) solutions to logic…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a circular waveguide
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Anyone who’s studied geometry should be familiar with the…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Suppose we wished to measure the resistance of some component located…
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Design a passive circuit that will create a "split” ( V/-V) power…
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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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Write the following exponential expressions in expanded form: 101 =…
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It should be common-sense knowledge that liquids flow through…
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Explain the difference between a balanced polyphase system and an…
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A tool designed to calculate the maximum speed, minimum time per step and maximum power of a stepper motor
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