One of the more advanced ADC technologies is the so-called…
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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
Determine the output voltage polarity of this op-amp (with reference…
Input Voltages for Logic Gates Logic gate circuits are designed to…
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While mention of operational amplifiers typically provokes visions of…
A third variation on the counter-DAC-based converter theme is, in my…
What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…
Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
Unijunction transistor: Although a unijunction transistor is not a…
Instrumentation is a field of study and work centering on measurement…
Diodes can perform switching and digital logic operations. Forward and…
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Long before the advent of digital electronic technology, computers…
The Functionality of Diode Polarity Being able to determine the…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Class B push-pull audio amplifier to drive a speaker and learn about crossover distortion and how to minimize it using negative feedback.
In the common-emitter section of this chapter, we saw a SPICE analysis…
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As strange as it may seem, any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform is…
When plotted on a curve tracer, the characteristic curve for a normal…
This page provides a step-by-step introduction to using the mesh…
Since three-phase is used so often for power distribution systems, it…
So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…
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.
In instrumentation circuitry, DC signals are often used as analog…
If you’ve ever witnessed a lightning storm, you’ve seen…
Since complex numbers are legitimate mathematical entities, just like…
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.
There was some historic crude, but usable were some historic crude,…
How much voltage is there between the following pairs of points in…
Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…
One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…
Add the following binary numbers:
Since Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorems are two…
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Power Capacity As has already been observed, transformers must be well…
Generators used in battery-charging systems must be regulated so as to…
Show how this ammeter would be connected to the light bulb circuit to…
Power in an electric circuit is the product (multiplication) of…
Reactive Power We know that reactive loads such as inductors and…
Because capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, they…
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.
A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
This calculator will determine the square root, cube root, or nth root of a given number, x.
Voltage is commonly defined as “electrical pressure.” The unit of…
Input impedance varies considerably with the circuit configuration…
When capacitors are connected in series, the total capacitance is…
In the last section, we learned what would happen in simple…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
Logic circuits, whether comprised of electromechanical relays or…
This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a wire loop.
Insulated gate field-effect transistors are unipolar devices just like…
When using conventional current flow, we can trace the direction of…
A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…
Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a rectangle loop.
