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Peak, Average, and RMS Measurements

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

Digital Lab - S-R Flip-flop Using NAND Gates

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an edge-triggered S-R flip-flop, learn the difference between a latch and a flip-flop, and experience how a switch bounce can cause logic errors.

Boolean Relationships on Venn Diagrams

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

Edge-triggered Latches: Flip-Flops

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So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…

Asynchronous Flip-Flop Inputs

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The normal data inputs to a flip flop (D, S and R, or J and K) are…

Why digital?

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Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…

Introduction to Digital-Analog Conversion

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Connecting digital circuitry to sensor devices is simple if the sensor…

Digital Lab - Digital Combination Lock

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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.

The J-K Flip-Flop

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Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…

Multiplexers and Demultiplexers

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

Sum-of-Products and Product-of-Sums Expressions

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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…

Successive Approximation ADC

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One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…

Permissive and Interlock Circuits

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A practical application of switch and relay logic is in control…

Servo Motor Systems

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Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…

Boolean Algebraic Properties

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Another type of mathematical identity, called a “property”…

Karnaugh Maps, Truth Tables, and Boolean Expressions

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Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…

Memory Devices

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

Introduction to Shift Registers

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Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential…

Digital Memory Terms and Concepts

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When we store information in some kind of circuit or device, we not…

Monostable Multivibrators

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

DC Lab - Voltage Divider

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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.

Full-Adder

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The half-adder is extremely useful until you want to add more than one…

What is the Relationship Between Conductance and Resistance?

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The concept and measurement units of resistance are most often used…

Vol IV. Credits

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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

Octal and Hexadecimal Numeration

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Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…

Rules for Antiderivatives

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Constant Rule     Rule of Sums     Rule of…

Counter Modulus

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Capacitance Calculator

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

AC Resistor Circuits (Inductive)

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Instantaneous Values in AC Circuits Pure resistive AC circuit:…

Op-Amp Practical Considerations

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Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…

Feedback

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If some percentage of an amplifier’s output signal is connected…

An Analogy for Ohm’s Law

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Ohm’s Law also makes intuitive sense if you apply it to the…

Derivatives of Power Functions of e

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Example Derivatives of e Proportionality Constant When we say that a…

Design Project: Radio Transmitter

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Research the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) guidelines on…

Series Circuit Rules

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Current Components in a series circuit share the same current: Itotal…

Basic Voltmeter Use

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What will this voltmeter register when connected to a battery as shown…

Series-Parallel Combination AC Circuits

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

555 Lab - LED Flasher with Inductive Flyback

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a multiple LED flasher and learn how to use inductive flyback to generate a voltage pulse that is greater than the supply voltage.

The D Latch

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Since the enable input on a gated S-R latch provides a way to latch…

DC Lab - Series Batteries

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in series and learn the relationship between the individual battery voltages and the total series voltage.

Transistors, Hybrid

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In essence, the IGFET controls the base current of a BJT, which…

Broadside Coupled Trace Inductance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a broadside coupled trace.

AC Motor Theory

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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…

SPICE Models

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The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…

AC Generator Theory

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If an electric current is passed through this wire, which direction…

Circuit Wiring

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So far, we’ve been analyzing single-battery, single-resistor…

DC Lab - 4-wire Resistance Measurement

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will perform a 4-wire Kelvin resistance measurement and learn how to accurately measure resistance.

Reflection Attenuator Calculator

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This tool is designed to calculate the value of resistance R1 in a reflection attenuator.

Shift Registers: Parallel-in, Serial-out (PISO) Conversion

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Parallel-in/ serial-out shift registers do everything that the…

TTL Logic Gates

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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…

Electric Shock

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It is sometimes said regarding electrical safety that, Ït’s not the…

Analysis Options

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AC ANALYSIS: General form: .ac [curve] [points] [start] [final]…

Si Lab - Intro to Discrete Semiconductor Circuits

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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.

Voltage and Current

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

Conventional Transistor Overview and Special Transistors

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

Lenz’s Law and Faraday’s Law Calculator

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This calculator uses Faraday's and Lenz's laws to calculate the magnitude and polarity of the induced electromotive force (EMF) caused by a change in magnetic flux through a closed-loop coil.

Decimal versus Binary Numeration

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Let’s count from zero to twenty using four different kinds of…

Circuits and the Speed of Light

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Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…

Power Quality Measurement

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It used to be with large AC power systems that “power…

Non-Inverting Op-Amp Resistor Calculator

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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for a non-inverting Op-Amp