Fundamentally, an amplifier is a device that takes in a low-power…
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Ammeters Measure Electrical Current A meter designed to measure…
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When plotted on a curve tracer, the characteristic curve for a normal…
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An unbalanced Wheatstone bridge cannot be solved using simple series…
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As an instructor of electronics, I am called upon frequently to help…
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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
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Another strategy for addressing the problem of secondary electrons…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) current regulator and learn some of the advantages of JFETs over BJTs for current regulation.
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Our exploration of thyristors begins with a device called the…
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How much voltage is there between the following pairs of points in…
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We can take the same components from the series circuit and rearrange…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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What Is a Zener Diode? A Zener diode is a special type of rectifying…
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If we take three equal resistors and connect one end of each to a…
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When inductors are connected in series, the total inductance is the…
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By introducing electrical reactance into the feedback loops of an…
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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
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Wiring Color Codes Infographic. Released under the Creative Commons…
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Like all diodes, Shockley diodes are unidirectional devices; that is,…
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As was previously mentioned, we need more than just a continuous path…
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Roman Numerals The Romans devised a system that was a substantial…
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Three-Phase Alternator Let’s take the three-phase alternator…
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As we saw in a few SPICE analyses earlier in this chapter, the output…
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The Programmable Logic Controller, or PLC, was invented in the late…
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If your event sensing switch is mechanical in nature, you will likely…
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A helpful tool for computing the Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of an antenna
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Learn about junction field effect transistors (JFETs), their equations, and how to model and simulate JFETs in LTspice.
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The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…
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A calculator for solving the capacitance, reactance, and admittance of a capacitor.
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Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…
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As the name suggests, the tetrode tube contains four elements: cathode…
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Tables of specific resistance and temperature coefficient of…
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Label where each of the following electrical quantities would be found…
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Because the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in…
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As we’ve already learned, electricity requires a complete path…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Before we begin to explore the effects of resistors, inductors, and…
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What voltage will you choose to use for each of the station batteries?
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When capacitors are connected in series, the total capacitance is…
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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for a non-inverting Op-Amp
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As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…
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If at all possible, shut off the power to a circuit before performing…
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Suppose you were installing a high-power stereo system in your car,…
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Let’s count from zero to twenty using four different kinds of…
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The table of electric currents and their various bodily effects was…
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Varicap or varactor diodes A variable capacitance diode is known as a…
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Although transistor switching circuits operate without bias, it is…
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The circuit in the previous section is not a very practical one. In…
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With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…
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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.
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This calculator allows you to solve for any of the six variables in the Friis formula for RF transmission: transmitter power, transmitter gain, receiver power, receiver gain, frequency, or distance.
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If two coils of wire are brought into close proximity with each other…
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With BogusBus, our signals were very simple and straightforward: each…
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A calculator for computing the gain and output voltage of an operational amplifier
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The concept and measurement units of resistance are most often used…
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The field effect transistor was proposed by Julius Lilienfeld in US…
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Define the following metrological terms: • Uncertainty • Accuracy…
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The electrical resistance of a conductor at any temperature may be…
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A calculator for computing the inductance of a coaxial cable.
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