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Electrical Connections

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What, exactly, is necessary to establish electrical continuity between…

Electrical Conduction in Semiconductors

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In any electrically conductive substance, what are charge carriers?…

Speed Distance Time Calculator

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This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.

Antiderivatives of Power Functions of e

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  Note: this is a very unique and useful property of e. As in…

Derivatives of Power Functions of e

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Example Derivatives of e Proportionality Constant When we say that a…

Permissive and Interlock Circuits

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A practical application of switch and relay logic is in control…

Switch Types

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Though it may seem strange to cover the elementary topic of electrical…

Arithmetic Properties

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Associative Property In addition and multiplication, terms may be…

Common Antiderivatives

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Characteristic Impedance

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The Parallel Wires of Infinite Length Suppose, though, that we had a…

Right Triangle Trigonometry

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  A right triangle is defined as having one angle precisely…

Derivative of a Constant

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    (“c” being a constant)   RELATED…

The Antiderivative (Indefinite Integral)

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  Notice something important here: taking the derivative of f(x)…

Resistance

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The circuit in the previous section is not a very practical one. In…

A 50-Ohm Cable?

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Early in my explorations of electricity, I came across a length of…

Wire Loop Inductance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a wire loop.

Intro Lab - Circuit With a Switch

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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.

Basic Troubleshooting Strategies

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A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…

Wire Types and Sizes

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Most electrical wire is covered in a rubber or plastic coating called…

Conductors, Insulators, and Electron Flow

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The electrons of different types of atoms have different degrees of…

Conventional Transistor Overview and Special Transistors

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

Time-Delay Electromechanical Relays

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What does the normal status of an electrical switch refer to?…

Si Lab - Full-wave Center-tap Rectifier

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave rectifier for AC to DC conversion and learn about center-tapped transformers.

Low-pass Filters

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By definition, a low-pass filter is a circuit offering easy passage to…

Simple Circuits

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Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…

Series and Parallel AC Circuits

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

Switches, Hand Actuated

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A switch is an electrical component that can “make” or…

Electromechanical Relay Logic

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

Shift Registers

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

Hyperbolic Functions

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Note: all angles (x) must be expressed in units of radians for these…

Simultaneous Equations for Circuit Analysis

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Solve this equation for the value of x: x + 5 = 8 How many exact…

Logarithms

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Definition of a Logarithm     “log” denotes a…

Introduction to Digital Communication

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In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…

AC Circuit Equations

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Inductive Reactance     Capacitive Reactance    …

Scientific Notation in SPICE

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The SPICE circuit simulation computer program uses scientific notation…

Depletion-type IGFETs

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Insulated gate field-effect transistors are unipolar devices just like…

Pi Attenuator Calculator

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This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a Pi Attenuator.

Analog Lab - Op Amp Integrator

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog integrator using an operational amplifier and learn about integration functions, op amp input bias currents, and how to limit the voltage swing of a potentiometer.

Binary Math

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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…

Square Wave Signals

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It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…

Capacitor Impedance Calculator

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This tool calculates a capacitor's reactance for a given capacitance value and signal frequency.

RF Power Ratio Conversion Calculator

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This tool is designed to convert power ratios to decibel

Polar Form and Rectangular Form Notation for Complex Numbers

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In order to work with complex numbers without drawing vectors, we…

Emergency Response

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Despite lock-out/tag-out procedures and multiple repetitions of…

Rectifier Circuits

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

Fundamentals of Radio Communication

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What does the acronym RF stand form, in reference to radio-related…

Design Project: Sensitive Audio Detector

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The choice of step-down transformers to use in a project such as this…

Finite-state Machine

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Feedback is a fascinating engineering principle. It can turn a rather…

Digital Communication

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

Vol III. Credits

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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

Boolean Algebraic Identities

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In mathematics, an identity is a statement true for all possible…

Network Topology

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Point-to-Point Connecting two digital devices with a network, would…

AC Resistor Circuits (Capacitive)

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Pure resistive AC circuit: voltage and current are in phase.  …

Conductor Ampacity

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The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…

Clipper and Clamper Circuits

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

Dielectric Strengths for Insulators

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Dielectric strength in kilovolts per inch (kV/in): Material*…

Miscellaneous Diode Applications

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

Coefficients of Specific Resistance

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Specific resistance at 20o C:  Material Element/Alloy ohm-cmil/ft…

SPICE Simulation of Series and Parallel Circuits

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Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…

Shift Registers: Parallel-in, Serial-out (PISO) Conversion

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Parallel-in/ serial-out shift registers do everything that the…