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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Over the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…
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Though it may seem strange to cover the elementary topic of electrical…
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Most electrical wire is covered in a rubber or plastic coating called…
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The Parallel Wires of Infinite Length Suppose, though, that we had a…
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An electrical connector, is an electro-mechanical device used to join…
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A right triangle is defined as having one angle precisely…
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Wiring Color Codes Infographic. Released under the Creative Commons…
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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
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Note: this is a very unique and useful property of e. As in…
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When a switch is actuated and contacts touch one another under the…
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Associative Property In addition and multiplication, terms may be…
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A practical application of switch and relay logic is in control…
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Constant Rule Rule of Sums Rule of…
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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a wire-over-plane setup.
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Early in my explorations of electricity, I came across a length of…
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Notice something important here: taking the derivative of f(x)…
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In any electrically conductive substance, what are charge carriers?…
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Solid Copper Wire Table Size Diameter (inches) Cross-sectional area…
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It should be common-sense knowledge that liquids flow through…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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It is sometimes useful in logic circuits to have a multivibrator which…
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Inductors do not have a stable “resistance” as conductors…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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A helpful tool for calculating the impedance of a wire microstrip.
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What is Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)? The principle known as…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a resistive voltage divider and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's voltage law (KVL) function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.
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Factoring Identities : a2 - b2 = (a + b) (a - b) a2 + 2ab + b2…
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Things start to get complicated when we need to relate two or more AC…
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Programming a circuit simulation with SPICE is much like programming…
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Often in the course of designing and building electrical meter…
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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
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In power distribution systems, it is very important to be able to…
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The node voltage method of DC network analysis solves for unknown…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will create a battery from a potato (yes! a potato) and learn about the relationship between chemical energy and electric energy.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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SCRs are unidirectional (one-way) current devices, making them useful…
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The principle of non-sinusoidal, repeating waveforms being equivalent…
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Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…
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