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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The electrons of different types of atoms have different degrees of…
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The atoms in insulating materials have very tightly-bound electrons,…
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What, exactly, is necessary to establish electrical continuity between…
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What are Simultaneous Equations and Systems of Equations? The terms…
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Constant rule Rule of sums Rule of differences Product rule Quotient…
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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a wire-over-plane setup.
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An electrical connector, is an electro-mechanical device used to join…
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SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…
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Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
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A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…
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(“c” being a constant) RELATED…
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Associative Property In addition and multiplication, terms may be…
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The concept and measurement units of resistance are most often used…
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Any kind of switch contact can be designed so that the contacts…
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Though it may seem strange to cover the elementary topic of electrical…
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Over the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…
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Of course, there is a danger of electrical shock when directly…
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In any electrically conductive substance, what are charge carriers?…
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Example Derivatives of e Proportionality Constant When we say that a…
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The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…
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When analyzing complex series and parallel circuits, it is easy to…
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What Is a Zener Diode? A Zener diode is a special type of rectifying…
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Voltage Components in a parallel circuit share the same voltage:…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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In this series of hands-on electronics experiments, build alternating current (AC) circuits and learn about basic electrical engineering circuit concepts, including transformers, motors, phase shifts, signal coupling, and noise cancellation.
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A calculator designed to calculate the maximum current that a stripline can handle
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple current mirror using matched bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about current mirror circuit limitations, the temperature dependence of BJTs, and thermal runaway.
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, power a DC motor through a multi-conductor cable to learn how AC signals are coupled between conductors and how to mitigate noise coupling.
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With BogusBus, our signals were very simple and straightforward: each…
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Perhaps the most important consideration of an ADC is its resolution.…
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Determine if the light bulb will de-energize for each of the following…
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With simple gate and combinational logic circuits, there is a definite…
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It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
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Solve this equation for the value of x: x + 5 = 8 How many exact…
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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a wire-over-plane setup.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a null-balancing potentiometric voltmeter and learn how to prevent a voltmeter from changing the voltage it is measuring.
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This chapter will cover the physics behind the operation of…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a digital combination lock with LED output indicators and learn about XOR gate functionality and how to implement NOR logic functionality using diodes.
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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