The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
Learn the Power Formula We’ve seen the formula for determining…
A calculator for computing the gain and output voltage of an operational amplifier
What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…
The superposition theorem is one of those strokes of genius that takes…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
Inductive Reactance Capacitive Reactance …
A diode is an electronics component made from a combination of a…
Value of time constant in series RC and RL circuits Time…
This calculator will convert voltage or power gains into decibels. Enter one of the three values and the calculator will output the other two.
When someone mentions the word “computer,” a digital…
Thyristors are a broad classification of bipolar-conducting…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
De Forest’s Audion tube came to be known as the triode tube…
In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of current (4…
The Voltage Gain Because amplifiers have the ability to increase the…
Input Voltages for Logic Gates Logic gate circuits are designed to…
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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.
If we connect the output of an op-amp to its inverting input and apply…
Circuits consisting of just one battery and one load resistance are…
AC electromechanical meter movements come in two basic arrangements:…
An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
A calculator designed to compute the VSWR, reflection coefficient, return loss and matching loss in a transmission line
∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…
Reactive Power We know that reactive loads such as inductors and…
The metric system, besides being a collection of measurement units for…
SPICE is a computer program designed to simulate analog electronic…
In this motor control circuit, how would you ensure that there is no…
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Label where each of the following electrical quantities would be found…
In essence, the IGFET controls the base current of a BJT, which…
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As was previously mentioned, we need more than just a continuous path…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Class B push-pull audio amplifier to drive a speaker and learn about crossover distortion and how to minimize it using negative feedback.
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In designing digital circuits, the designer often begins with a truth…
When first approaching a failed or otherwise misbehaving system, the…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will examine the heat generated by resistors and maybe even make one smoke! Also, learn to calculate power dissipation using Joule's law and resistor power ratings.
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Notice something important here: taking the derivative of f(x)…
In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test mixed-signal analog and digital circuits using the versatile 555 timer IC. These projects will teach you about RC time constants, duty cycle, transistor current drive, LEDs, voltage doublers, and more.
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This calculator determines the resistance of a microstrip trace
For a given amount of water pressure, which will flow a greater rate…
Over the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…
Tables of specific resistance and temperature coefficient of…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, construct a signal generator circuit that creates two different types of ramp signals and learn how capacitors charge when connected to resistors and constant current sources.
This series LED resistance calculator is perfect for when you have a single LED or a number of the same color of LEDs in series and need to know which resistor you should use.
Explain how a moving-coil, or dynamic microphone works. Identify how…
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Resistors vs. Inductors Inductors do not behave the same way as…
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.
