In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave rectifier for AC to DC conversion and learn about center-tapped transformers.
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use a PC-based oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn basic oscilloscope operation.
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! A 5 H inductor is subjected to an electric…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an audio amplifier using a vacuum tube (triode) and learn about voltage transformers, how to build a high-voltage DC power supply, and how to use a transformer for impedance matching.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a red LED flasher and learn a useful application of the versatile 555 timer IC.
If we were to express the series-connected DC voltages as phasors…
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.
In the beam power tube, the basic four-element structure of the…
In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of voltage…
After applying some of the general troubleshooting tips to narrow the…
These are the most common types of resistors available. Resistors…
As we saw with DC measurement circuits, the circuit configuration…
Capacitors, like all electrical components, have limitations that must…
Input Voltages for Logic Gates Logic gate circuits are designed to…
In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…
This page will walk you step-by-step through the process of…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Mercury Standard Cell Back in the early days of electrical measurement…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a voltage follower amplifier using a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) in common-collector configuration and learn about circuit ground and impedance transformations.
A high-pass filter’s task is just the opposite of a low-pass…
In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…
Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
Instantaneous Values in AC Circuits Pure resistive AC circuit:…
In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of current (4…
This calculator computes the resonant frequency of a parallel inductor and capacitor "tank" circuit.
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple transformer and learn some important transformer fundamentals including voltage step-up and step-down.
What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
As an instructor of electronics, I am called upon frequently to help…
Input impedance varies considerably with the circuit configuration…
Explain the difference between a balanced polyphase system and an…
SCRs are unidirectional (one-way) current devices, making them useful…
When using conventional current flow, we can trace the direction of…
This calculator gives the reactance and admittance of an inductor or the inductance given the reactance of an inductor
Similar in thought to the idea of the integrated circuit, tube…
Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…
In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of voltage…
Because it takes energy to force charge to flow against the opposition…
A demultiplexer, sometimes abbreviated dmux, is a circuit that has one…
In many disciplines of science and engineering, very large and very…
