Input Voltages for Logic Gates Logic gate circuits are designed to…
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The time constant of a series RC circuit is the product of the resistance and capacitance. Given two of the three values—resistance, capacitance, or RC time constant—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.
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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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The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…
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As we’ve seen, negative feedback is an incredibly useful…
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Phase shift oscillator. R1C1, R2C2, and R3C3 each provide 60° of…
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If we connect the output of an op-amp to its inverting input and apply…
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Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…
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In instrumentation circuitry, DC signals are often used as analog…
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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
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Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…
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If we add a voltage divider to the negative feedback wiring so that…
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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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Unijunction transistor: Although a unijunction transistor is not a…
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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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Like all diodes, Shockley diodes are unidirectional devices; that is,…
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Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…
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If at all possible, shut off the power to a circuit before performing…
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There was some historic crude, but usable semiconductor…
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Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
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If a block of P-type semiconductor is placed in contact with a block…
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For extremely high-frequency applications (above 1 GHz), the…
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The circuit in the previous section is not a very practical one. In…
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If some percentage of an amplifier’s output signal is connected…
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Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave bridge rectifier using silicon diodes and learn some of this circuit's advantages and disadvantages.
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It was discovered centuries ago that certain types of materials would…
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Resistors vs. Inductors Inductors do not behave the same way as…
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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
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In the last section, we learned what would happen in simple…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an AC voltage source connected to speakers to learn about sound waves and the foundational principle used in noise cancelling headphones.
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Digital logic gate circuits are manufactured as integrated circuits:…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
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In many disciplines of science and engineering, very large and very…
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If we take three equal resistors and connect one end of each to a…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
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The final transistor amplifier configuration (Figure below) we need to…
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When an alternator produces AC voltage, the voltage switches polarity…
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This tool calculates the dimensions of the microstrip patch antenna given the desired operating frequency.
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This calculator gives the reactance and admittance of an inductor or the inductance given the reactance of an inductor
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Standing waves at the resonant frequency points of an open- or…
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In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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Conductors lose all of their electrical resistance when cooled to…
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This tool is designed to calculate cross-talk coefficient and coupled voltage for a stripline
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We’ve already seen one example of a monostable multivibrator in…
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In this series of hands-on electronics experiments, build alternating current (AC) circuits and learn about basic electrical engineering circuit concepts, including transformers, motors, phase shifts, signal coupling, and noise cancellation.
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Just like voltmeters, ammeters tend to influence the amount of current…
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In DC and low-frequency AC circuits, the characteristic impedance of…
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In essence, the IGFET controls the base current of a BJT, which…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will control a light with a switch and learn the basics of connecting toggle (on/off) switches into circuits.
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