Long before the advent of digital electronic technology, computers…
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Devoting a whole chapter in a modern electronics text to the design…
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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.
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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.
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(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…
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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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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.
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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
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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.
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The choice of step-down transformers to use in a project such as this…
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Wire-by-Number project: simple voltage divider Description: Build a…
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Suppose you were installing a high-power stereo system in your car,…
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Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…
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At the beginning of this chapter, it illustrates how transistors could…
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Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…
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A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…
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The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
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A very common misconception students have about potentiometers is the…
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When lightning strikes, nearby magnetic compass needles may be seen to…
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Whenever there is a mismatch of impedance between transmission line…
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Generators used in battery-charging systems must be regulated so as to…
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What Is a Zener Diode? A Zener diode is a special type of rectifying…
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A calculator for solving the maximum current a microstrip can handle.
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Note, Q3 and Q4 in the figure below are complementary, NPN and PNP…
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This calculator will determine the instantaneous energy, sustained energy, and power consumed by an electrical system given two of the three electrical parameters (voltage, current, or resistance) and the time.
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As we’ve already learned, electricity requires a complete path…
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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure resistance using the ohmmeter function.
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What hazards might be posed by a circuit with excessive current going…
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Identify which direction each potentiometer wiper must move in this…
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Thomas Edison, that prolific American inventor, is often credited with…
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Explain how an ohmmeter is able to measure the resistance of a…
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Like bipolar transistors, SCRs and TRIACs are also manufactured as…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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Anyone who’s studied geometry should be familiar with the…
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Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a blue LED flasher using a 555 timer and learn the basic theory of a voltage doubler using a transistor switch and a capacitor.
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An electromechanical generator is a device capable of producing…
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Let’s count from zero to twenty using four different kinds of…
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