What, exactly, is necessary to establish electrical continuity between…
In order to build the circuits described in this volume, you will need…
(“c” being a constant) RELATED…
A practical application of switch and relay logic is in control…
A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…
In order to build the circuits described in this volume, you will need…
An electrical connector, is an electro-mechanical device used to join…
The circuit in the previous section is not a very practical one. In…
PARTS AND MATERIALS 6-volt battery Low-voltage incandescent lamp…
This calculator will help compute the inductance of a length of wire.
The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is called…
Wiring for AC and DC power distribution branch circuits are color…
A right triangle is defined as having one angle precisely…
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
Learning Objectives Rheostat use Wiring a potentiometer as a rheostat…
Note: this is a very unique and useful property of e. As in…
In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…
The electrons of different types of atoms have different degrees of…
Notice something important here: taking the derivative of f(x)…
What are Simultaneous Equations and Systems of Equations? The terms…
Ladder diagrams are specialized schematics commonly used to document…
Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
A tool designed to calculate the characteristic impedance of a twisted-pair cable
A calculator designed to calculate the maximum current that a stripline can handle
Also known as the stairstep-ramp, or simply counter A/D converter,…
PARTS AND MATERIALS One N-channel junction field-effect transistor,…
You might have noticed on the table for specific resistances that all…
When a PCB designer speaks of dimensions in thous or mils, what does…
Connecting digital circuitry to sensor devices is simple if the sensor…
A very common misconception students have about potentiometers is the…
The circuits in the figure below are known as clampers or DC…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Operational amplifier, model 1458 or 353…
The Q, or quality, factor of a resonant circuit is a measure of the…
OK, so how exactly can we represent AC quantities of voltage or…
Feedback is a fascinating engineering principle. It can turn a rather…
Another type of mathematical identity, called a “property”…
This calculator calculates the resistivity of a component based on its resistance value, length, and cross-sectional area.
This calculator will compute the required resistor ratio (R2/R1) and reference voltage (VREF) to create the desired high (VTH) and low (VTL) threshold voltages in a non-inverting comparator circuit with hysteresis (commonly called a Schmitt trigger).
PARTS AND MATERIALS Operational amplifier, model 1458 or 353…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Four 6 volt batteries Zener diode, 12…
Like its bipolar cousin, the field-effect transistor may be used as an…
Our exploration of thyristors begins with a device called the…
