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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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
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Any kind of switch contact can be designed so that the contacts…
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An electrical connector, is an electro-mechanical device used to join…
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Over the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…
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Wiring Color Codes Infographic. Released under the Creative Commons…
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While Oersted’s surprising discovery of electromagnetism paved…
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This tool is designed to calculate the inductance of two parallel wires
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In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…
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Early in my explorations of electricity, I came across a length of…
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Ampacities of copper wire, in free air at 30o C: INSULATION TYPE…
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What, exactly, is necessary to establish electrical continuity between…
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(“c” being a constant) RELATED…
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In any electrically conductive substance, what are charge carriers?…
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Most electrical wire is covered in a rubber or plastic coating called…
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It should be common-sense knowledge that liquids flow through…
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Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
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This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.
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Example Derivatives of e Proportionality Constant When we say that a…
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The concept and measurement units of resistance are most often used…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in parallel to power a light and learn the relationship between the individual battery currents and the total system current.
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Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
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The purpose of the parallel-in/ parallel-out shift register is to take…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Computerized Fourier analysis, particularly in the form of the FFT…
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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).
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As an example of using several circuits together, we are going to make…
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Resistors vs. Inductors Inductors do not behave the same way as…
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Capacitors, like all electrical components, have limitations that must…
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There are four basic factors of inductor construction determining the…
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What, exactly, is necessary to establish electrical continuity between…
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“All men are liable to error;” —John Locke Whereas…
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All About Contactors When a relay is used to switch a large amount of…
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Power in an electric circuit is the product (multiplication) of…
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Parametric data for all semiconductor op-amp models except the CA3130…
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Differential Op-Amp Circuits An op-amp with no feedback is already a…
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Larger Karnaugh maps reduce larger logic designs. How large is large…
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Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…
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A calculator for computing the impedance of a wire stripline.
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If we examine a four-bit binary count sequence from 0000 to 1111, a…
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