Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…
The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…
Long before the advent of digital electronic technology, computers…
One of the more advanced ADC technologies is the so-called…
Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a parallel resonant inductor-capacitor circuit and learn about oscillation, resonant frequency, and damping.
Define what noise means, in the electrical sense of the word. How does…
As strange as it may seem, any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform is…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Although transistor switching circuits operate without bias, it is…
So far, we’ve only been able to escape the sheer volume of…
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.
Input Voltages for Logic Gates Logic gate circuits are designed to…
It may seem difficult to even start on a project such as this, with no…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Varicap or varactor diodes A variable capacitance diode is known as a…
Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…
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).
Add the following binary numbers:
You might have been wondering how charges can continuously flow in a…
At the beginning of this chapter, it illustrates how transistors could…
Like all diodes, Shockley diodes are unidirectional devices; that is,…
Since three-phase is used so often for power distribution systems, it…
“Advances are made by answering questions. Discoveries are made…
In this electrical circuit, trace the direction of current through the…
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.
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a parallel resonant inductor-capacitor circuit and learn about oscillation, resonant frequency, and damping.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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.
Two relatively recent technologies designed to reduce the…
There are three major kinds of power supplies: unregulated (also…
What is Split-Phase Power Systems? Split-phase power systems achieve…
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.
If we add a voltage divider to the negative feedback wiring so that…
Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…
When using conventional current flow, we can trace the direction of…
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.
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.
This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for an inverting op-amp.
This calculator gives the reactance and admittance of an inductor or the inductance given the reactance of an inductor
Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
Once again, when building battery/resistor circuits, the student or…
In simple AC power systems, one of the two conductors is typically…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) to switch an LED and learn about the current their amplification.
This calculator calculates the free space loss, given the distance, frequency, and gain, between two antennas.
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).
We can construct a simple logic functions for our hypothetical lamp…
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.
There was some historic crude, but usable were some historic crude,…
While mention of operational amplifiers typically provokes visions of…
As we saw earlier, a power system with no secure connection to earth…
When a PCB designer speaks of dimensions in thous or mils, what does…
Ohm’s Law also makes intuitive sense if you apply it to the…
Tables of specific resistance and temperature coefficient of…
Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…
If vectors with uncommon angles are added, their magnitudes (lengths)…
Boolean algebra finds its most practical use in the simplification of…
