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Heat Sink Calculator

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This calculator helps determine the maximum temperature a device can withstand

AC Motor Control Circuits

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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

Temperature Coefficients of Resistance Table

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Temperature coefficient (α) per degree C: Material Element/Alloy…

Noise Figure and Noise Temperature Calculator

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This calculator computes the noise figure and noise temperature in a system

Ohm’s Law Practice Worksheet With Answers

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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.

Temperature Converter

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Convert between Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin

Algebraic Equation Manipulation for Electric Circuits

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The electrical resistance of a conductor at any temperature may be…

Batteries

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If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…

Resistors

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Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…

Soldering

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Both soldering irons and soldering guns are tools used in the process…

Open-Loop OpAmp Circuits

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Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…

Temperature Coefficient of Resistance

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It is a common phenomenon for the electrical resistance of a substance…

Electrical Conduction in Semiconductors

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In any electrically conductive substance, what are charge carriers?…

Transistors, Bipolar

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There are not too many circuit symbols for bipolar transistors. There…

Capacitor Charge and Time Constant Calculator

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This calculator computes for the capacitor charge time and energy, given the supply voltage and the added series resistance.

Capacitors and Calculus

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Capacitors do not have a stable “resistance” as conductors…

Binary Overflow

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One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…

Introduction to Operational Amplifiers (Op-amps)

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What is an Operational Amplifier (Op-amp)? Operational Amplifiers,…

Trigonometric Equivalencies

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The Triode

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De Forest’s Audion tube came to be known as the triode tube…

Binary Math Circuits

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Add the following binary numbers:

Differential Equations

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As opposed to normal equations where the solution is a number, a…

Programmable Logic Technology

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Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…

A Binary Adder

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Suppose we wanted to build a device that could add two binary bits…

Voltage and Current

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As was previously mentioned, we need more than just a continuous path…

Introduction to Conductance and Conductors

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By now you should be well aware of the correlation between electrical…

Physical Effects of Electricity

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Certain substances are known to physically deform (shorten or…

The Common-collector Amplifier

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Our next transistor configuration to study is a bit simpler for gain…

Clipper Circuits

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A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…

Rectifying Diodes

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Vectors and AC Waveforms

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OK, so how exactly can we represent AC quantities of voltage or…

Monostable Multivibrators

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We’ve already seen one example of a monostable multivibrator in…

Intro Lab - How to Use an Ohmmeter to Measure Resistance

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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure resistance using the ohmmeter function.

Introduction to Solid-state Device Theory

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This chapter will cover the physics behind the operation of…

Contributors (15)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

555 Lab - Advanced Red LED Flasher

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a red LED flasher with a transistor drive to control the current and learn how to use transistors to provide current gain and how to limit LED current.

R, L and C Summary

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With the notable exception of calculations for power (P), all AC…

Edge Coupled Stripline Impedance Calculator

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A calculator for computing the impedance of an edge coupled stripline.

L-Match Impedance Matching Circuits

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This calculator is designed to compute for the parameters needed to design a L-Match Impedance Circuit

Performance-Based Assessments for Analog Integrated Circuit Competencies

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Conductor Size

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It should be common-sense knowledge that liquids flow through…

An Electric Pendulum

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Capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, and…

Depletion-type IGFETs

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Insulated gate field-effect transistors are unipolar devices just like…

Voltage Divider Calculator

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The voltage divider is a circuit used to create a voltage less than or equal to the input voltage.

Kirchhoff’s Laws

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Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…

Mutual Inductance

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If two coils of wire are brought into close proximity with each other…

Semiconductor Devices in SPICE

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The SPICE (Simulation Program, Integrated Circuit Emphesis)…

Capacitors and Calculus

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Capacitors do not have a stable “resistance” as conductors…

CMOS Gate Circuitry

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Up until this point, our analysis of transistor logic circuits has…

Complex Circuits

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What do we do if we come across a circuit more complex than the simple…

Wire Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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A helpful tool for calculating the impedance of a wire microstrip.

A 50-Ohm Cable?

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Early in my explorations of electricity, I came across a length of…

Performance-Based Assessments for Basic Electricity Competencies

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