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Decibel Calculator

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This calculator will convert voltage or power gains into decibels. Enter one of the three values and the calculator will output the other two.

Analog Lab - Non-inverting Amplifier

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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.

Elementary Amplifier Theory

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Fundamentally, an amplifier is a device that takes in a low-power…

Multi-Stage Transistor Amplifiers

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Analog Lab - High-impedance Voltmeter

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a high-impedance voltmeter and learn about circuit loading and how to use op amps to reduce loading effects.

IGBTs

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Because of their insulated gates, IGFETs of all types have extremely…

Example Circuits and Netlists

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The following circuits are pre-tested netlists for SPICE 2g6, complete…

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

Precise Diode Circuits

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Summer and Subtractor OpAmp Circuits

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Active Filters

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The Common-collector Amplifier

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Our next transistor configuration to study is a bit simpler for gain…

Basic Operational Amplifiers

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Determine the output voltage polarity of this op-amp (with reference…

BJT Amplifier Troubleshooting

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As an instructor of electronics, I am called upon frequently to help…

Hysteresis

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Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…

Design Project: Audio Media-Based Signal Generator

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Identify some different ways you can create the sine-wave audio tracks…

PN Junctions

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AC Negative Feedback OpAmp Circuits

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Inverting Op-Amp Resistor Calculator

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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for an inverting op-amp.

Class B BJT Amplifiers

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SPICE Models

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The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…

555 Lab - Monostable Multivibrator (One-shot)

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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.

Miscellaneous Diode Applications

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Transistors, junction field-effect (JFET)

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Note that the direction of the arrow at the gate indicates the…

Field-effect-controlled Thyristors

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Two relatively recent technologies designed to reduce the…

Oscillator Circuits

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Performance-Based Assessments for Analog Integrated Circuit Competencies

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Converting Between Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits

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Since Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorems are two…

Thyristors

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Thyristors are a broad classification of bipolar-conducting…

Hysteresis

Textbook

Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…

Wires and Connections

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Older electrical schematics showed connecting wires crossing, while…

Series-Parallel DC Circuits

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What is Network Analysis?

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The basic application of Ohm’s law to combinations of series and…

Active Filters

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Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors

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What is an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), and what…

Solving Simultaneous Equations: The Substitution Method and the Addition Method

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

Electrical Energy Calculator

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This calculator will determine the instantaneous energy, sustained energy, and power consumed by an electrical system given two of the three electrical parameters (voltage, current, or resistance) and the time.

Op-Amp Practical Considerations

Textbook

Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…

Analog Lab - High-impedance Voltmeter

Textbook

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a high-impedance voltmeter and learn about circuit loading and how to use op amps to reduce loading effects.

Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)

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What is Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)? The principle known as…

Calculating Power Factor

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As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…

Analysis Options

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AC ANALYSIS: General form: .ac [curve] [points] [start] [final]…

Waveguides

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A waveguide is a special form of transmission line consisting of a…

Vectors and AC Waveforms

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OK, so how exactly can we represent AC quantities of voltage or…

Inductor Quirks

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

Introduction to Boolean Algebra

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Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the…

Introduction to Combinational Logic Functions

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The term “combinational” comes to us from mathematics. In…

Shift Registers: Serial-in, Parallel-out (SIPO) Conversion

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A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…

DC Lab - Series Batteries

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in series and learn the relationship between the individual battery voltages and the total series voltage.

High-pass Filters

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A high-pass filter’s task is just the opposite of a low-pass…

Data - Resistance & Superconductor

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Tables of specific resistance and temperature coefficient of…

IGFET Amplifiers

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The Junction Field-effect Transistor (JFET) as a Switch

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Like its bipolar cousin, the field-effect transistor may be used as an…

Resistors

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Because the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in…

Analog Lab - Op Amp Integrator

Textbook

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog integrator using an operational amplifier and learn about integration functions, op amp input bias currents, and how to limit the voltage swing of a potentiometer.

The Common-source Amplifier (IGFET)

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Capacitors and Calculus

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Capacitors do not have a stable “resistance” as conductors…

Si Lab - Half-wave Rectifier

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a half-wave rectifier circuit using a silicon diode and learn about the differences between permanent magnet motor operation on AC vs. DC power.

Multiplexers and Demultiplexers

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

CMOS Logic Gates

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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…