2-wire analog outputs with precision DACs
3-wire analog outputs with precision DACs
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
In the common-emitter section of this chapter, we saw a SPICE analysis…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Four 6 volt batteries Operational amplifier, model…
One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…
If some percentage of an amplifier’s output signal is connected…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
When someone mentions the word “computer,” a digital…
So far, we’ve only been able to escape the sheer volume of…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
Connecting digital circuitry to sensor devices is simple if the sensor…
Determine the output voltage polarity of this op-amp (with reference…
So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
One of the more advanced ADC technologies is the so-called…
The R/2R DAC circuit is an alternative to the binary-weighted-input…
What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
How is it possible to assign a fixed value of voltage or current (such…
Power Equation of Ohm’s Law and Joule’s Law …
Parametric data for all semiconductor op-amp models except the CA3130…
In the last section, we saw how the 3rd harmonic and all of its…
Since Thevenin’s and Norton’s Theorems are two equally…
Learn About L/R Time Constants It is often perplexing to new students…
There was some historic crude, but usable were some historic crude,…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
What is Rectification? Now we come to the most popular application of…
What Is a Zener Diode? A Zener diode is a special type of rectifying…
The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…
Parts and Materials Operational amplifier, model 1458 or 353…
For ease of drawing complex circuit diagrams, electronic amplifiers…
Voltage is commonly defined as “electrical pressure.” The unit of…
What are Time-Delay Relays? Some relays are constructed with a kind of…
In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Parallel-in/ serial-out shift registers do everything that the…
It used to be with large AC power systems that “power…
Reactive Power We know that reactive loads such as inductors and…
Generators used in battery-charging systems must be regulated so as to…
All About Contactors When a relay is used to switch a large amount of…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
While Oersted’s surprising discovery of electromagnetism paved…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
How much voltage is there between the following pairs of points in…
What are Simultaneous Equations and Systems of Equations? The terms…
Whenever there is a mismatch of impedance between transmission line…
If at all possible, shut off the power to a circuit before performing…
To express a quantity in a different metric prefix from how it was…
Any kind of switch contact can be designed so that the contacts…
At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Operational amplifier, model TL082 recommended…
Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…
Devoting a whole chapter in a modern electronics text to the design…
An important electrical quantity with no equivalent in DC circuits is…
As we saw earlier, a power system with no secure connection to earth…
