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AC Lab - Sensitive Voltage Detector with Audio Output

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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.

The Common-emitter Amplifier

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

Attenuators

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What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…

AC Lab - Frequency Analysis

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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.

AC Lab - Noise Cancellation

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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.

Class A BJT Amplifiers

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

Impedance

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

Analog Lab - Class B Audio Amplifier

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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.

Design Project: Audio Tone Control

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Suppose you were installing a high-power stereo system in your car,…

Phase-Locked Loops

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This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…

AC Lab - PC Oscilloscope

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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.

Op-Amp Practical Considerations

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Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…

Series and Parallel AC Circuits

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

RC Time Constant Calculator

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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.

Tube Lab - Vacuum Tube Audio Amplifier

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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.

Tubes versus Semiconductors

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Devoting a whole chapter in a modern electronics text to the design…

Series-Parallel Combination AC Circuits

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

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.

Square Root, Cube Root, and Nth Root Calculator

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This calculator will determine the square root, cube root, or nth root of a given number, x.

Absolute dB scales

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Decibel as Absolute Unit of Power It is also possible to use the…

Parallel Wire Inductance Calculator

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This tool is designed to calculate the inductance of two parallel wires

Factors Affecting Inductance

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There are four basic factors of inductor construction determining the…

Energy, Work, and Power

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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.

Analysis Options

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AC ANALYSIS: General form: .ac [curve] [points] [start] [final]…

DC Metrology

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Define the following metrological terms: • Uncertainty • Accuracy…

Special-output Gates

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Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…

Data Flow

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Buses and networks are designed to allow communication to occur…

What is a Series-Parallel Circuit?

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With simple series circuits, all components are connected end-to-end…

555 Lab - Oscillator With Hysteresis

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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.

Converting Between Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits

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Since Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorems are two…

RC Time Constant Calculator

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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.

Using Multiple Combinational Circuits

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As an example of using several circuits together, we are going to make…

AC Network Analysis

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

Decimal versus Binary Numeration

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Let’s count from zero to twenty using four different kinds of…

Digital Lab - Digital Combination Lock

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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.

Class A BJT Amplifiers

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

AC Commutator Motors

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Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…

555 Lab - Introduction to the 555 Timer IC

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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.

Transistors, junction field-effect (JFET)

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Note that the direction of the arrow at the gate indicates the…

The J-K Flip-Flop

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Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…

Thyristors

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

Simple AC Circuit Calculations

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Over the course of the next few chapters, you will learn that AC…

Voltage Signal Systems

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The use of variable voltage for instrumentation signals seems a rather…

The R/2nR DAC: Binary-Weighted-Input Digital-to-Analog Converter

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What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…

Electromechanical Relay Logic

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In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…

DC Lab - Rheostat Range Limiting

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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.

Converting Between Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits

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Since Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorems are two…

Polyphase Power Systems

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Explain the difference between a balanced polyphase system and an…

Inductor Quirks

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In an ideal case, an inductor acts as a purely reactive device. That…

Trigonometry for AC Circuits

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Identify which trigonometric functions (sine, cosine, or tangent) are…

DC Lab - Potentiometer Voltage Divider

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use potentiometers to vary a voltage and learn about voltage divider ratios and potentiometer applications.

The DIAC

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

AC Lab - Frequency Analysis

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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.

Clipper Circuits

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A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…

Metric Notation

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The metric system, besides being a collection of measurement units for…

Conventional Versus Electron Flow

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“The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of…

Design Project: DC Voltage Regulator

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

Mutual Inductance

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When an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, what…

Battery Ratings

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Because batteries create current flow in a circuit by exchanging…

Ammeter Design

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What would happen to this meter movement, if connected directly to a…