Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator with hysteresis from a Schmitt trigger and learn how to use it to create an RC oscillator and a method to configure a 555 timer as an astable multivibrator.
Phase shift oscillator. R1C1, R2C2, and R3C3 each provide 60° of…
As we’ve seen, negative feedback is an incredibly useful…
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Although transistor switching circuits operate without bias, it is…
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Unijunction transistor: Although a unijunction transistor is not a…
Identify some different ways you can create the sine-wave audio tracks…
In instrumentation circuitry, DC signals are often used as analog…
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.
It may seem difficult to even start on a project such as this, with no…
Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…
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A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…
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The final transistor amplifier configuration (Figure below) we need to…
If we add a voltage divider to the negative feedback wiring so that…
When capacitors are connected in series, the total capacitance is…
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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.
The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…
A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…
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When using conventional current flow, we can trace the direction of…
At the beginning of this chapter, it illustrates how transistors could…
This chapter explores the response of capacitors and inductors to…
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Calculate the equivalent resistance of up to six resistors in parallel with ease while learning how to calculate resistance in parallel and the parallel resistance formula.
What is Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)? The principle known as…
Three-phase Wye(Y) Connection Initially, we explored the idea of…
So far, we’ve only been able to escape the sheer volume of…
In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…
Since Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorems are two…
In the previous section, we explored what would happen in simple…
Suppose you were to take a 3 kW electric heater rated for 240 VAC and…
A diode is an electronics component made from a combination of a…
Things start to get complicated when we need to relate two or more AC…
This calculator computes the resonant frequency of a parallel inductor and capacitor "tank" circuit.
Label where each of the following electrical quantities would be found…
The fourth example has A partially overlapping B. Though, we will…
Suppose you were installing a high-power stereo system in your car,…
This calculator computes the power received by an antenna using Friis formula
Diodes can perform switching and digital logic operations. Forward and…
∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Electronic power conversion circuits known…
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The most straightforward DC network analysis technique is the branch…
Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…
As a first example of useful combinational logic, let’s build a…
When inductors are connected in series, the total inductance is the…
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
When we store information in some kind of circuit or device, we not…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use a potentiometer as a variable resistor to control the speed of a motor and learn how to connect a potentiometer as a rheostat.
It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
Let’s connect three AC voltage sources in series and use complex…