If some percentage of an amplifier’s output signal is connected…
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What is a harmonic frequency? If an oscillator circuit outputs a…
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A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…
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Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…
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One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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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.
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Resonance in a Tank Circuit A condition of resonance will be…
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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.
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A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…
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This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…
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If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…
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Perhaps the most important consideration of an ADC is its resolution.…
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The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…
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The table method provides a structured methodology for ensuring you…
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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.
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Capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, and…
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In the previous section, we explored what would happen in simple…
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Current Components in a series circuit share the same current: Itotal…
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How to Create Band-pass Filter There are applications where a…
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How is it possible to assign a fixed value of voltage or current (such…
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So far we know that AC voltage alternates in polarity and AC current…
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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
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When someone mentions the word “computer,” a digital…
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In the common-emitter section of this chapter, we saw a SPICE analysis…
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The superposition theorem is one of those strokes of genius that takes…
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This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…
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Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a parallel resonant inductor-capacitor circuit and learn about oscillation, resonant frequency, and damping.
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The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…
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In addition to voltage and current, there is another important…
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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.
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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a broadside coupled trace.
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Also known as the stairstep-ramp, or simply counter A/D converter,…
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It is sometimes useful in logic circuits to have a multivibrator which…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a resistive voltage divider and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's voltage law (KVL) function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.
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This calculator allows you to solve for any of the six variables in the Friis formula for RF transmission: transmitter power, transmitter gain, receiver power, receiver gain, frequency, or distance.
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Identify some different ways you can create the sine-wave audio tracks…
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While mention of operational amplifiers typically provokes visions of…
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With the notable exception of calculations for power (P), all AC…
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Two relatively recent technologies designed to reduce the…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use a PC-based oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn basic oscilloscope operation.
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Sometimes it is necessary to determine the length of time that a…
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As opposed to normal equations where the solution is a number, a…
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Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…
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If a block of P-type semiconductor is placed in contact with a block…
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This calculator computes the inductance of a wire coil.
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In the previous section, we saw a circuit using one J-K flip-flop that…
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The most important component of your voltmeter will be the…
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