In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will construct a voltage detector with adjustable sensitivity and audio output, and you will learn a method for detecting small electrical signals without an oscilloscope.
At the beginning of this chapter, it illustrates how transistors could…
What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use the frequency spectrum display from an oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn about spectral analysis.
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.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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.
Suppose you were installing a high-power stereo system in your car,…
This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…
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.
Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an audio amplifier using a vacuum tube (triode) and learn about voltage transformers, how to build a high-voltage DC power supply, and how to use a transformer for impedance matching.
Devoting a whole chapter in a modern electronics text to the design…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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.
This calculator will determine the square root, cube root, or nth root of a given number, x.
Decibel as Absolute Unit of Power It is also possible to use the…
This tool is designed to calculate the inductance of two parallel wires
There are four basic factors of inductor construction determining the…
Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
AC ANALYSIS: General form: .ac [curve] [points] [start] [final]…
Define the following metrological terms: • Uncertainty • Accuracy…
Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…
Buses and networks are designed to allow communication to occur…
With simple series circuits, all components are connected end-to-end…
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.
Since Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorems are two…
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.
As an example of using several circuits together, we are going to make…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Let’s count from zero to twenty using four different kinds of…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a digital combination lock with LED output indicators and learn about XOR gate functionality and how to implement NOR logic functionality using diodes.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test mixed-signal analog and digital circuits using the versatile 555 timer IC. These projects will teach you about RC time constants, duty cycle, transistor current drive, LEDs, voltage doublers, and more.
Note that the direction of the arrow at the gate indicates the…
Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Over the course of the next few chapters, you will learn that AC…
The use of variable voltage for instrumentation signals seems a rather…
What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…
In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use series and parallel resistor networks to precisely adjust the range and zero point of a rheostat.
Since Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorems are two…
Explain the difference between a balanced polyphase system and an…
In an ideal case, an inductor acts as a purely reactive device. That…
Identify which trigonometric functions (sine, cosine, or tangent) are…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use potentiometers to vary a voltage and learn about voltage divider ratios and potentiometer applications.
Like all diodes, Shockley diodes are unidirectional devices; that is,…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use the frequency spectrum display from an oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn about spectral analysis.
A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…
The metric system, besides being a collection of measurement units for…
“The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of…
It may seem difficult to even start on a project such as this, with no…
When an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, what…
Because batteries create current flow in a circuit by exchanging…
What would happen to this meter movement, if connected directly to a…