The logic simplification examples that we have done so far could have…
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With simple gate and combinational logic circuits, there is a definite…
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Why learn about Karnaugh maps? The Karnaugh map, like Boolean…
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NAND and NOR gates possess a special property: they are universal.…
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Let’s count from zero to twenty using four different kinds of…
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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
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This calculator computes for the output pulse width of a 555 timer monostable circuit
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
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The half-adder is extremely useful until you want to add more than one…
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Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…
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What is an Encoder? An encoder is a circuit that changes a set of…
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In the previous section, we saw a circuit using one J-K flip-flop that…
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What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…
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Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…
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Logic circuits, whether comprised of electromechanical relays or…
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A Logic Gate is assigned as an elementary building block of…
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Let’s begin with a semiconductor gate circuit in need of…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…
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Identify some different ways you can create the sine-wave audio tracks…
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So far in our discussions on electricity and electric circuits, we…
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De Forest’s Audion tube came to be known as the triode tube…
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This calculator shows the peak-to-peak voltage (VP-P) value from the peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.
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Periodic table of chemical elements.
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The nonlinearity of material permeability may be graphed for better…
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Often in the course of designing and building electrical meter…
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In order to work with complex numbers without drawing vectors, we…
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Suppose we wished to measure the resistance of some component located…
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Product of Powers Property am an = am+n Power of a Product…
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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
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The Voltage Gain Because amplifiers have the ability to increase the…
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In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test digital circuits and learn the fundamentals of digital logic circuits, including gates, counters, logic levels, hysteresis, memory, and more.
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The first, and perhaps most important, relationship between current,…
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In this series of hands-on electronics experiments, build analog circuits, including amplifiers, comparators, oscillators, and more. Following the step-by-step instructions will help you understand and appreciate analog systems.
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A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple current mirror using matched bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about current mirror circuit limitations, the temperature dependence of BJTs, and thermal runaway.
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Define what noise means, in the electrical sense of the word. How does…
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Figure below shows a photodiode amplifier for measuring low levels of…
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When someone mentions the word “computer,” a digital…
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In these hands-on semiconductor electronics experiments, learn to build and test circuits using discrete silicon (Si) devices, including diodes and transistors. Also, learn important circuit designs, including rectifiers, current mirrors, amplifiers, and oscillators.
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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
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A Logic Gate is assigned as an elementary building block of…
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Fallacious reasoning and poor interpersonal relations account for more…
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Mathematicians use Venn diagrams to show the logical relationships of…
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Suppose I were about to measure an unknown voltage with a manual-range…
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A calculator designed to calculate the maximum current that a stripline can handle
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In this series of hands-on electronics experiments, you will build direct current (DC) circuits and learn fundamental electrical engineering circuit concepts.
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This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a bridged-tee attenuator.
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Since three-phase is used so often for power distribution systems, it…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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A calculator for solving the capacitance, reactance, and admittance of a capacitor.
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In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test digital circuits and learn the fundamentals of digital logic circuits, including gates, counters, logic levels, hysteresis, memory, and more.
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Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…
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Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator using a 555 timer and learn the theory of operation of the 555 timer when configured as an astable multivibrator.
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An electromechanical generator is a device capable of producing…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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Perhaps the most important consideration of an ADC is its resolution.…
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One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
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