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Logarithms for Analog Circuits

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The concept of a mathematical power is familiar to most students of…

Frequency and Phase Measurement

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An important electrical quantity with no equivalent in DC circuits is…

An Electric Pendulum

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Capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, and…

The Triode

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De Forest’s Audion tube came to be known as the triode tube…

Parallel Resistor-Capacitor Circuits

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Using the same value components in our series example circuit, we will…

Diode Ratings

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In addition to forward voltage drop (Vf) and peak inverse voltage…

Solving Simultaneous Equations: The Substitution Method and the Addition Method

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What are Simultaneous Equations and Systems of Equations? The terms…

Rectifier Circuits

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Input and Output Coupling

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To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…

Si Lab - Full-wave Bridge Rectifier With Output Filtering

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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.

Hysteresis

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Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…

AC Lab - Automotive Alternator as AC Generator

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an automotive alternator to generate three-phase AC voltage and learn how alternators can function as both generators and motors.

The Importance of Electrical Safety

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With this lesson, I hope to avoid a common mistake found in…

Common Derivatives

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Wiring Color Codes

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Wiring for AC and DC power distribution branch circuits are color…

The Tetrode

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As the name suggests, the tetrode tube contains four elements: cathode…

DC Lab - Current Divider

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build resistive current dividers and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's current law function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.

Si Lab - Astable Multivibrator Audio Oscillator

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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.

Computer Simulation of Electric Circuits

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Computers can be powerful tools if used properly, especially in the…

AC Circuit Equations

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Inductive Reactance     Capacitive Reactance    …

Inductor Sizing Equation

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The Inductance Formula     Wheeler’s formulas for…

Noise Figure and Noise Temperature Calculator

Tools

This calculator computes the noise figure and noise temperature in a system

Wire Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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A helpful tool for calculating the impedance of a wire microstrip.

Binary Math Circuits

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Add the following binary numbers:

Creating Custom Calibration Resistances

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Often in the course of designing and building electrical meter…

The TRIAC

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SCRs are unidirectional (one-way) current devices, making them useful…

Harmonic Phase Sequences

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In the last section, we saw how the 3rd harmonic and all of its…

Introduction to Shift Registers

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Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential logic.…

Design Project: DC Voltage Regulator

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It may seem difficult to even start on a project such as this, with no…

Wires and Connections

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Older electrical schematics showed connecting wires crossing, while…

Minterm vs Maxterm Solution

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So far we have been finding Sum-Of-Product (SOP) solutions to logic…

SPICE Simulation of Series and Parallel Circuits

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Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…

DC Mesh Current Analysis

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Electromagnetic Induction

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While Oersted’s surprising discovery of electromagnetism paved…

Troubleshooting Series and Parallel Circuits

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The jobs of electronics engineers and technicians frequently entail…

Digital Logic Functions

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We can construct a simple logic functions for our hypothetical lamp…

Voltmeter Impact on Measured Circuit

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Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…

Basic identities

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Additive Identity a + 0 = a Multiplicative Identity 1a = a…

Digital Signals and Gates

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While the binary numeration system is an interesting mathematical…

The Exclusive-OR Function: The XOR Gate

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What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…

Biasing Techniques (JFET)

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More on Spectrum Analysis

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Computerized Fourier analysis, particularly in the form of the FFT…

What is a Meter?

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A meter is any device built to accurately detect and display an…

RF Power Ratio Conversion Calculator

Tools

This tool is designed to convert power ratios to decibel

Link Budget Calculator

Tools

A Link Budget puts into account all gains and losses a signal goes through in a system as it is transmitted. The calculator calculates the power of the received signal given amplifier and antenna gains, and medium loss.

DIP Gate Packaging

Textbook

Digital logic gate circuits are manufactured as integrated circuits:…

Inductor Quirks

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In an ideal case, an inductor acts as a purely reactive device. That…

Introduction to Conductance and Conductors

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By now you should be well aware of the correlation between electrical…

Si Lab - Simple Op Amp

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a custom operational amplifier (op amp) and learn about the application of current mirrors and the use of negative feedback in op amp circuits.

Practical Considerations - Batteries

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When connecting batteries together to form larger “banks”…

Oscillator Circuits

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Phase shift oscillator. R1C1, R2C2, and R3C3 each provide 60° of…

From Electric to Electronic

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Introduction This third volume of the book series Lessons In Electric…

Calculus for Electric Circuits

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…

TTL NOR and OR gates

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TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…

Diode Ratings

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In addition to forward voltage drop (Vf) and peak inverse voltage…

Susceptance and Admittance

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What is Conductance? In the study of DC circuits, the student of…

Si Lab - A Simple BJT Current Mirror Circuit

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple current mirror using matched bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about current mirror circuit limitations, the temperature dependence of BJTs, and thermal runaway.

Clipper Circuits

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A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…

What is a Filter?

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It is sometimes desirable to have circuits capable of selectively…

Harmonic Phase Sequences

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In the last section, we saw how the 3rd harmonic and all of its…