This calculator will convert voltage or power gains into decibels. Enter one of the three values and the calculator will output the other two.
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.
Fundamentally, an amplifier is a device that takes in a low-power…
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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.
Because of their insulated gates, IGFETs of all types have extremely…
The following circuits are pre-tested netlists for SPICE 2g6, complete…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
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Our next transistor configuration to study is a bit simpler for gain…
Determine the output voltage polarity of this op-amp (with reference…
As an instructor of electronics, I am called upon frequently to help…
Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…
Identify some different ways you can create the sine-wave audio tracks…
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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for an inverting op-amp.
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The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…
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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Note that the direction of the arrow at the gate indicates the…
Two relatively recent technologies designed to reduce the…
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Since Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorems are two…
Thyristors are a broad classification of bipolar-conducting…
Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…
Older electrical schematics showed connecting wires crossing, while…
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The basic application of Ohm’s law to combinations of series and…
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What is an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), and what…
What are Simultaneous Equations and Systems of Equations? The terms…
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.
Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…
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.
What is Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)? The principle known as…
As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…
AC ANALYSIS: General form: .ac [curve] [points] [start] [final]…
A waveguide is a special form of transmission line consisting of a…
OK, so how exactly can we represent AC quantities of voltage or…
In an ideal case, an inductor acts as a purely reactive device. That…
Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the…
The term “combinational” comes to us from mathematics. In…
A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…
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.
A high-pass filter’s task is just the opposite of a low-pass…
Tables of specific resistance and temperature coefficient of…
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Like its bipolar cousin, the field-effect transistor may be used as an…
Because the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in…
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.
Capacitors do not have a stable “resistance” as conductors…
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.
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
