In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave rectifier for AC to DC conversion and learn about center-tapped transformers.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a programmable non-inverting amplifier and learn how to use the negative feedback of an operational amplifier to control the gain.
Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…
Learn About L/R Time Constants It is often perplexing to new students…
What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…
Learn the Power Formula We’ve seen the formula for determining…
A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog voltage comparator circuit and learn how open-loop operational amplifiers function.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
As strange as it may seem, any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform is…
A similar effect happens in series inductive/capacitive circuits. When…
It was discovered centuries ago that certain types of materials would…
One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…
Value of time constant in series RC and RL circuits Time…
A diode is an electronics component made from a combination of a…
If you’ve ever witnessed a lightning storm, you’ve seen…
Note that the direction of the arrow at the gate indicates the…
Once again, when building battery/resistor circuits, the student or…
In instrumentation circuitry, DC signals are often used as analog…
In the last section, we learned what would happen in simple…
A right triangle is defined as having one angle precisely…
(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…
Because capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, they…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple DC voltage regulator circuit and learn how to use reverse-biased Zener diodes as voltage clamps.
Mutual inductors are inductors that capitalize the effect of mutual…
If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…
Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential…
A helpful tool for calculating the impedance of a wire microstrip.
A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
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.
Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…
What do we do if we come across a circuit more complex than the simple…
The electrical resistance of a conductor at any temperature may be…
Whenever electrons flow through a conductor, a magnetic field will…
At the beginning of this chapter, it illustrates how transistors could…
If you’ve used DOS or UNIX operating systems before in a…
A calculator for solving the maximum current a microstrip can handle.
Because it takes energy to force charge to flow against the opposition…
It is a common phenomenon for the electrical resistance of a substance…
Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…
The table method provides a structured methodology for ensuring you…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
In many disciplines of science and engineering, very large and very…
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.
As strange as it may seem, any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform is…
Using an electrical meter safely and efficiently is perhaps the most…
What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…
Calculate circuit parameters using Ohm's Law
Power in an electric circuit is the product (multiplication) of…
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.
Provide a definition for phasor, as the term applies to electrical…
Let’s take the following example circuit and analyze it: …
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…
Metric Prefixes Yotta = 1024 Symbol: Y Zetta = 1021 Symbol: Z…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will compare the resistance of a lamp filament in its on and off states and learn about nonlinear resistances by applying Ohm's law.
Varicap or varactor diodes A variable capacitance diode is known as a…
No text on electrical metering could be called complete without a…
In this electrical circuit, trace the direction of current through the…
