To build the DIY electronics projects described in this textbook, you will need a small work area, a few tools, and some basic electronics supplies. This page describes the setup of a low-cost home electronics laboratory.
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an automotive alternator to generate three-phase AC voltage and learn how alternators can function as both generators and motors.
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This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.
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Of course, there is a danger of electrical shock when directly…
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A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…
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Constant Rule Rule of Sums Rule of…
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In simple AC power systems, one of the two conductors is typically…
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A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…
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Early in my explorations of electricity, I came across a length of…
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What, exactly, is necessary to establish electrical continuity between…
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The Parallel Wires of Infinite Length Suppose, though, that we had a…
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This calculator will help compute the inductance of a length of wire.
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While Oersted’s surprising discovery of electromagnetism paved…
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When a switch is actuated and contacts touch one another under the…
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Wiring for AC and DC power distribution branch circuits are color…
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In any electrically conductive substance, what are charge carriers?…
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Designing Wire Resistance Conductor ampacity rating is a crude…
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Constant rule Rule of sums Rule of differences Product rule Quotient…
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The electrons of different types of atoms have different degrees of…
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The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…
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(“c” being a constant) RELATED…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a monostable multivibrator using a 555 timer IC and learn about RC time constant charging and how a one-shot timer operates.
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A calculator designed to calculate the maximum current that a stripline can handle
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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
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This tool is designed to calculate cross-talk coefficient and coupled voltage for a microstrip.
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SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…
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The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
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Now that we’ve seen how series and parallel AC circuit analysis…
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Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a BJT differential amplifier and learn about a fundamental building block that is the basis of most operational amplifiers.
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For reference, this section introduces the terminology used in some…
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The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was named because its operation…
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Let us begin our exploration of Boolean algebra by adding numbers…
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Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…
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A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…
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There are circumstances when you may need to analyze a DC reactive…
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Tables of specific resistance and temperature coefficient of…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use series and parallel resistor networks to precisely adjust the range and zero point of a rheostat.
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Radio waves are comprised of oscillating electric and magnetic fields,…
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What is Rectification? Now we come to the most popular application of…
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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure current using the ammeter function.
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