Resistors

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

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Soldering

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

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Algebraic Equation Manipulation for Electric Circuits

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

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Noise Figure and Noise Temperature Calculator

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

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Electrical Conduction in Semiconductors

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

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Open-Loop OpAmp Circuits

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

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Ohm’s Law Practice Worksheet With Answers

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

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Heat Sink Calculator

This calculator helps determine the maximum temperature a device can withstand

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Temperature Coefficient of Resistance

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

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Batteries

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

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Temperature Coefficients of Resistance Table

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

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Temperature Converter

Convert between Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin

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AC Motor Control Circuits

Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

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Copper Wire Gauge Table

Solid Copper Wire Table Size Diameter (inches) Cross-sectional area…

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Conventional Transistor Overview and Special Transistors

A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…

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TTL NAND and AND gates

Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…

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Building Series-Parallel Resistor Circuits

Once again, when building battery/resistor circuits, the student or…

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Rules for Limits

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Complex Vector Addition

If vectors with uncommon angles are added, their magnitudes (lengths)…

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Vol IV. Credits

All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

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Boolean Relationships on Venn Diagrams

The fourth example has A partially overlapping B. Though, we will…

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AC Commutator Motors

Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…

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Phase-locked Loops

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Creating Custom Calibration Resistances

Often in the course of designing and building electrical meter…

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Ionization (gas-filled) Tubes

So far, we’ve explored tubes which are totally…

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The Exclusive-OR Function: The XOR Gate

What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…

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Important Constants

Euler’s Number Euler’s constant is an important value for…

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Definite Integrals and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

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Simple Vector Addition

Remember that vectors are mathematical objects just like numbers on a…

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Common Derivatives

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AC Voltmeters and Ammeters

AC electromechanical meter movements come in two basic arrangements:…

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Vectors and AC Waveforms

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

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Capacitance Calculator

This calculates the capacitance of a capacitor based on its charge, Q, and its voltage, V, according to the formula, C=Q/V.

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Magnetic Units of Measurement

In electric circuits, the three basic quantities are voltage (E or V),…

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Convert MCD to Lumens

This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.

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Hysteresis

Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…

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Friis Transmission Calculator

This calculator allows you to solve for any of the six variables in the Friis formula for RF transmission: transmitter power, transmitter gain, receiver power, receiver gain, frequency, or distance.

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Rectifying Diodes

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

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DC Lab - Voltage Divider

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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Resistor Color Codes

Try out our Resistor Color Code Calculator in our Tools section.…

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Peak, Average, and RMS Measurements

How is it possible to assign a fixed value of voltage or current (such…

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Δ-Y and Y-Δ Conversions

In many circuit applications, we encounter components connected…

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DC Lab - Rheostat Range Limiting

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use series and parallel resistor networks to precisely adjust the range and zero point of a rheostat.

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Phasing

Since transformers are essentially AC devices, we need to be aware of…

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Network Topology

Point-to-Point Connecting two digital devices with a network, would…

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Unit Conversion Calculator

Convert to and from different units of length, weight, power, temperature and torque

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The Quadratic Formula

Solving for x in a given polynomial equation “ax2 + bx + c…

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Ohm’s Law Practice Worksheet With Answers

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

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Class C BJT Amplifiers

A common class of operation used in radio-frequency (RF) amplifier…

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Solid-state Relays

Limitations of Electromechanical Relays As versatile as…

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Temperature Coefficient of Resistance

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

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Finite State Machines

Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…

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Capacitor Quirks

As with inductors, the ideal capacitor is a purely reactive device,…

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