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Characteristic Impedance

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

Three-phase Y and Delta Configurations

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Three-phase Wye(Y) Connection Initially, we explored the idea of…

Analog and Digital Signals

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Instrumentation is a field of study and work centering on measurement…

What is the Relationship Between Conductance and Resistance?

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The concept and measurement units of resistance are most often used…

Parallel Wire Inductance Calculator

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

Electrical Signal Types

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With BogusBus, our signals were very simple and straightforward: each…

Wire Types and Sizes

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

Electrical Isolation

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SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…

A 50-Ohm Cable?

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

Common Sources of Hazard

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Of course, there is a danger of electrical shock when directly…

Solving Simultaneous Equations: The Substitution Method and the Addition Method

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What are Simultaneous Equations and Systems of Equations? The terms…

Rules for Derivatives

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Constant rule Rule of sums Rule of differences Product rule Quotient…

Conductors, Insulators, and Electron Flow

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

Permissive and Interlock Circuits

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

Building Resistor Circuits Using Breadboards, Perfboards, and Terminal Strips

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Over the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…

Insulator Breakdown Voltage

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The atoms in insulating materials have very tightly-bound electrons,…

Derivative of a Constant

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    (“c” being a constant)   RELATED…

Electromagnetic Induction

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While Oersted’s surprising discovery of electromagnetism paved…

Right Triangle Trigonometry

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  A right triangle is defined as having one angle precisely…

Antiderivatives of Power Functions of e

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

Introduction to Diodes And Rectifiers

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All About Diodes A diode is an electrical device allowing current to…

Basic Logic Gate Troubleshooting

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

Solving for Unknown Time

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Sometimes it is necessary to determine the length of time that a…

Programmable Logic Technology

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

Enhancement-type IGFETs

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TTL Logic Gates

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

Time-Delay Electromechanical Relays

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

Rectifier Circuits

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What is Rectification? Now we come to the most popular application of…

Parallel Wire Inductance Calculator

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

Temperature Coefficient of Resistance

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You might have noticed on the table for specific resistances that all…

Electrical Transients

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This chapter explores the response of capacitors and inductors to…

Insulated-gate Field-effect Transistors (MOSFET)

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The Insulated-Gate Field-Effect Transistor (IGFET), also known as…

Link Budget Calculator

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A Link Budget puts into account all gains and losses a signal goes through in a system as it is transmitted. The calculator calculates the power of the received signal given amplifier and antenna gains, and medium loss.

Peak to Peak Voltage Calculator (VP-P)

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This calculator shows the peak-to-peak voltage (VP-P) value from the peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.

Design Project: Telegraph System

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What voltage will you choose to use for each of the station batteries?

Class A BJT Amplifiers

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

Some Examples with AC Circuits

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Let’s connect three AC voltage sources in series and use complex…

Contactors

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All About Contactors When a relay is used to switch a large amount of…

Successive Approximation ADC

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One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…

AC Lab - Sensing AC Magnetic Fields

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will sense AC magnetic fields using a simple wire coil and learn about AC signal coupling, orientation effects, and the impact of shielding using different materials.

Current Divider Circuits and the Current Divider Formula

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A parallel circuit is often called a current divider for its ability…

Insulator Breakdown Voltage

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The atoms in insulating materials have very tightly-bound electrons,…

Memory Devices

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

Capacitor Charge and Time Constant Calculator

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This calculator computes for the capacitor charge time and energy, given the supply voltage and the added series resistance.

Asynchronous Flip-Flop Inputs

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The normal data inputs to a flip flop (D, S and R, or J and K) are…

Thyristors

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

Time Constant Equations

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Value of time constant in series RC and RL circuits   Time…

AC Generator Theory

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If an electric current is passed through this wire, which direction…

Capacitor Impedance Calculator

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

TTL NOR and OR gates

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TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…

Superposition Theorem

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The superposition theorem is one of those strokes of genius that takes…

AC Lab - Large Induction Motor

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a large AC permanent capacitor split-phase induction motor and learn the principles of AC induction motor function.

An Analogy for Ohm’s Law

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Ohm’s Law also makes intuitive sense if you apply it to the…

Basic Logic Gate Troubleshooting

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

Thyristor Application Circuits

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

Superconducting Devices

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Superconducting devices, though not widely used, have some unique…

Capacitance

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Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…

Superconductivity

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Conductors lose all of their electrical resistance when cooled to…

The Unijunction Transistor (UJT)

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Unijunction transistor: Although a unijunction transistor is not a…

Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) theory

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