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Microcontroller Principles

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Memory Devices

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Boolean Algebra

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Conventional Transistor Overview and Special Transistors

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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…

Linear Computational Circuitry

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Bipolar Junction Transistors as Switches

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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…

Intermediate Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

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As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…

Calculus for Electric Circuits

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…

Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…

Calculus for Electric Circuits

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…

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.

SPICE Models

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The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…

Specific Troubleshooting Techniques

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After applying some of the general troubleshooting tips to narrow the…

Wound Rotor Induction Motors

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A wound rotor induction motor has a stator like a squirrel cage…

Introduction to AC Motors

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After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…

Design Project: DC Motor

Worksheets - Microcontrollers/Processors

The armature windings of your DC motor will have very low resistance.…

AC Motor Theory

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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…

Thevenin’s, Norton’s, and Maximum Power Transfer Theorems

Worksheets - Microcontrollers/Processors

Suppose a 12 volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 20…

Parallel Resistor Calculator

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Calculate the equivalent resistance of up to six resistors in parallel with ease while learning how to calculate resistance in parallel and the parallel resistance formula.

DC Motor Theory

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If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…

Series-Parallel DC Circuits

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Memory Devices

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

Instrumentation Amplifier Gain Calculator

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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.

Design Project: Stepper Motor Driver

Worksheets - Microcontrollers/Processors

At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…

Electric Shock

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It is sometimes said regarding electrical safety that, Ït’s not the…

DC Generator Theory

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Generators used in battery-charging systems must be regulated so as to…

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

Linear Computational Circuitry

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

Data Flow

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Buses and networks are designed to allow communication to occur…

Active Versus Passive Devices

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Passive Devices Components incapable of controlling current by means…

Symmetric Stripline Impedance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a symmetric stripline.

Basic Ammeter Use

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Show how this ammeter would be connected to the light bulb circuit to…

Conductors and Insulators

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Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…

Time Constant Circuits

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Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…

Coil Inductance Calculator

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This calculator computes the inductance of a wire coil.

DC Lab - Potentiometer as a Rheostat

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use a potentiometer as a variable resistor to control the speed of a motor and learn how to connect a potentiometer as a rheostat.

Copper Wire Ampacity Table

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Ampacities of copper wire, in free air at 30o C: INSULATION TYPE…

Inductor Sizing Equation

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The Inductance Formula     Wheeler’s formulas for…

Specific Troubleshooting Techniques

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After applying some of the general troubleshooting tips to narrow the…

Electric Fields and Capacitance

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Introduction Whenever an electric voltage exists between two separated…

AC Lab - LC Tank Circuit

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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.

Boolean Relationships on Venn Diagrams

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The fourth example has A partially overlapping B. Though, we will…

Programmable Logic Technology

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Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…

Millman’s Theorem

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The Instrumentation Amplifier

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What Is an Instrumentation Amplifier? An instrumentation amplifier…

Analog Lab - Voltage Comparator

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog voltage comparator circuit and learn how open-loop operational amplifiers function.

Contributors (11)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

SPICE Simulation of Series and Parallel Circuits

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Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…