Instrumentation is a field of study and work centering on measurement…
In an astable circuit, the output voltage alternates between VCC and 0 volts on a continuous basis. This calculator will help you design an oscillator using a 555 timer IC.
Perhaps the most important consideration of an ADC is its resolution.…
Let’s begin with a semiconductor gate circuit in need of…
Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…
Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A…
In designing digital circuits, the designer often begins with a truth…
The fourth example has A partially overlapping B. Though, we will…
Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…
Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the…
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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
Since the enable input on a gated S-R latch provides a way to latch…
It is sometimes useful in logic circuits to have a multivibrator which…
We’ve already seen one example of a monostable multivibrator in…
Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…
In mathematics, an identity is a statement true for all possible…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…
Conductors lose all of their electrical resistance when cooled to…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, construct a common-emitter amplifier using a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) and learn about amplifier gain and feedback.
Identify some of the different types of capacitors, and their…
The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was named because its operation…
As we’ve seen, negative feedback is an incredibly useful…
Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
The Programmable Logic Controller, or PLC, was invented in the late…
So far, we’ve observed simulations of transformers where the…
AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…
A similar effect happens in series inductive/capacitive circuits. When…
This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a circular waveguide
An electrical connector, is an electro-mechanical device used to join…
The jobs of electronics engineers and technicians frequently entail…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…
A handy all-in-one tool for reading resistor color code values for a 4 band resistor, 5 band resistor, or 6 band resistor.
The peak voltage calculator calculates peak voltage values from the peak-to-peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.
The atoms in insulating materials have very tightly-bound electrons,…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, construct a three-stage common-emitter amplifier using bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about multi-stage gain and feedback.
The Functionality of Diode Polarity Being able to determine the…
If we were to express the series-connected DC voltages as phasors…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
What Is an Instrumentation Amplifier? An instrumentation amplifier…
When a transistor is in the fully-off state (like an open switch), it…
It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
What is an Operational Amplifier (Op-amp)? Operational Amplifiers,…
As strange as it may seem, any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform is…
Our exploration of thyristors begins with a device called the…
A calculator designed to compute the power-added efficiency (PAE) of an amplifier
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog integrator using an operational amplifier and learn about integration functions, op amp input bias currents, and how to limit the voltage swing of a potentiometer.
The Insulated-Gate Field-Effect Transistor (IGFET), also known as…
A tool designed to calculate the characteristic impedance of a twisted-pair cable
A permanent magnet is a device that retains a magnetic field without…
Ladder diagrams are specialized schematics commonly used to document…
Larger Karnaugh maps reduce larger logic designs. How large is large…
Older electrical schematics showed connecting wires crossing, while…
