Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) to switch an LED and learn about the current their amplification.
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a parallel resonant inductor-capacitor circuit and learn about oscillation, resonant frequency, and damping.
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A third variation on the counter-DAC-based converter theme is, in my…
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Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…
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Computers can be powerful tools if used properly, especially in the…
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The electrons of different types of atoms have different degrees of…
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To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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In addition to forward voltage drop (Vf) and peak inverse voltage…
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While mention of operational amplifiers typically provokes visions of…
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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
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This calculator is designed to compute for the parameters needed to design a L-Match Impedance Circuit
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This chapter will cover the physics behind the operation of…
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Practical Benefit of Active Devices The practical benefit of active…
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What do you think this logic buffer gate will do, with the output…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an audio amplifier using a vacuum tube (triode) and learn about voltage transformers, how to build a high-voltage DC power supply, and how to use a transformer for impedance matching.
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Despite lock-out/tag-out procedures and multiple repetitions of…
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Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…
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Our next transistor configuration to study is a bit simpler for gain…
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A Logic Gate is assigned as an elementary building block of…
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It is sometimes desirable to have circuits capable of selectively…
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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.
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Now that we’ve seen how series and parallel AC circuit analysis…
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The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…
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Single phase power system schematic diagram shows little about the…
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In order to work with complex numbers without drawing vectors, we…
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Whenever electrons flow through a conductor, a magnetic field will…
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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
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Notice something important here: taking the derivative of f(x)…
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A transmission line of infinite length is an interesting abstraction,…
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If we connect the output of an op-amp to its inverting input and apply…
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Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
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A special type of relay is one that monitors the current, voltage,…
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This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…
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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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A popular use of diodes is for the mitigation of inductive…
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One of the more advanced ADC technologies is the so-called…
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A tool designed to calculate the noise figure of cascaded amplifiers
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In essence, the IGFET controls the base current of a BJT, which…
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What is an Encoder? An encoder is a circuit that changes a set of…
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A bistable multivibrator has two stable states, as indicated by the…
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Constant rule Rule of sums Rule of differences Product rule Quotient…
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Suppose you were to take a 3 kW electric heater rated for 240 VAC and…
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When a switch is actuated and contacts touch one another under the…
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Radio waves are comprised of oscillating electric and magnetic fields,…
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Explain the principle of operation for the particular integrated…
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With BogusBus, our signals were very simple and straightforward: each…
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Series and Parallel Resistances Series and Parallel…
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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
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A common phrase heard in reference to electrical safety goes something…
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What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…
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