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Voltage/Current Converter OpAmp Circuits

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

Open-Loop OpAmp Circuits

Worksheets - Oscillators

Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…

Analog-to-Digital Conversion

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The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…

The “Operational” Amplifier

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Long before the advent of digital electronic technology, computers…

Delta-Sigma ADC

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One of the more advanced ADC technologies is the so-called…

Op-Amp Practical Considerations

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Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…

Performance-Based Assessments for Analog Integrated Circuit Competencies

Worksheets - Oscillators

AC Lab - LC Tank Circuit

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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.

Electrical Noise and Interference

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Define what noise means, in the electrical sense of the word. How does…

Other Waveshapes

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As strange as it may seem, any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform is…

Thyristor Application Circuits

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

Transistor Biasing Calculations

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Although transistor switching circuits operate without bias, it is…

Slope (integrating) ADC

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So far, we’ve only been able to escape the sheer volume of…

Si Lab - Simple Op Amp

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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.

Logic Signal Voltage Levels

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Input Voltages for Logic Gates Logic gate circuits are designed to…

Design Project: DC Voltage Regulator

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It may seem difficult to even start on a project such as this, with no…

OpAmp Oscillator Circuits

Worksheets - Oscillators

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

AC Negative Feedback OpAmp Circuits

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

Other Diode Technologies

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Varicap or varactor diodes A variable capacitance diode is known as a…

The Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR)

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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…

Comparator with Hysteresis (Schmitt Trigger) Calculator

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This calculator will compute the required resistor ratio (R2/R1) and reference voltage (VREF) to create the desired high (VTH) and low (VTL) threshold voltages in a non-inverting comparator circuit with hysteresis (commonly called a Schmitt trigger).

Binary Math Circuits

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Add the following binary numbers:

What Are Electric Circuits?

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You might have been wondering how charges can continuously flow in a…

The Common-emitter Amplifier

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At the beginning of this chapter, it illustrates how transistors could…

The DIAC

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Like all diodes, Shockley diodes are unidirectional devices; that is,…

Three-phase Transformer Circuits

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Since three-phase is used so often for power distribution systems, it…

Nonlinear Conduction

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“Advances are made by answering questions. Discoveries are made…

Electron Versus Conventional Flow

Worksheets - Oscillators

In this electrical circuit, trace the direction of current through the…

Analog Lab - Op Amp Integrator

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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.

AC Lab - LC Tank Circuit

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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.

Inductive Reactance

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

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.

Field-effect-controlled Thyristors

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Two relatively recent technologies designed to reduce the…

Power Supply Circuits

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There are three major kinds of power supplies: unregulated (also…

Three-phase Power Systems

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What is Split-Phase Power Systems? Split-phase power systems achieve…

Analog Lab - 555 Oscillator (Astable Multivibrator)

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator using a 555 timer and learn the theory of operation of the 555 timer when configured as an astable multivibrator.

Divided Feedback

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If we add a voltage divider to the negative feedback wiring so that…

Circuits and the Speed of Light

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Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…

Polarity of voltage drops

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When using conventional current flow, we can trace the direction of…

Instrumentation Amplifier Gain Calculator

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The instrumentation amplifier calculator will assist in the design and analysis of a conventional instrumentation amplifier circuit by calculating the required resistor values and gain.

Si Lab - Astable Multivibrator Audio Oscillator

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build an astable multivibrator (oscillator) circuit that provides an output in the audio frequency range and learn the effect of component values and supply voltage on oscillation frequency.

Inverting Op-Amp Resistor Calculator

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

Inductance, Reactance, and Admittance Calculator

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This calculator gives the reactance and admittance of an inductor or the inductance given the reactance of an inductor

Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…

Building Series-Parallel Resistor Circuits

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Once again, when building battery/resistor circuits, the student or…

Safety Grounding

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In simple AC power systems, one of the two conductors is typically…

Si Lab - Bipolar Transistor as a Switch

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) to switch an LED and learn about the current their amplification.

Free Space Path Loss Calculator

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This calculator calculates the free space loss, given the distance, frequency, and gain, between two antennas.

Comparator with Hysteresis (Schmitt Trigger) Calculator

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This calculator will compute the required resistor ratio (R2/R1) and reference voltage (VREF) to create the desired high (VTH) and low (VTL) threshold voltages in a non-inverting comparator circuit with hysteresis (commonly called a Schmitt trigger).

Digital Logic Functions

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We can construct a simple logic functions for our hypothetical lamp…

LC Resonant Frequency Calculator

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A circuit with an inductor (L) and capacitor (C) connected in parallel or series will have a resonant frequency at which their impedances are equal. Given two of the three values—inductance, capacitance, or resonant frequency—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.

Junction Diodes

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There was some historic crude, but usable were some historic crude,…

Operational Amplifier Models

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While mention of operational amplifiers typically provokes visions of…

Safe Circuit Design

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As we saw earlier, a power system with no secure connection to earth…

Printed Circuit Board Layout and Manufacture

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When a PCB designer speaks of dimensions in thous or mils, what does…

An Analogy for Ohm’s Law

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Ohm’s Law also makes intuitive sense if you apply it to the…

Data - Resistance & Superconductor

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Tables of specific resistance and temperature coefficient of…

Winding Configurations

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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…

Complex Vector Addition

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If vectors with uncommon angles are added, their magnitudes (lengths)…

Boolean Rules for Simplification

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Boolean algebra finds its most practical use in the simplification of…