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As a first example of useful combinational logic, let’s build a…
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This calculator computes for the output pulse width of a 555 timer monostable circuit
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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a microstrip.
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Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…
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This balanced attenuator calculator helps you determine the resistor (R1) values for a balanced attenuator.
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Devoting a whole chapter in a modern electronics text to the design…
What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…
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Since complex numbers are legitimate mathematical entities, just like…
We can take the same components from the series circuit and rearrange…
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As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…
Insulated gate field-effect transistors are unipolar devices just like…
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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Low-voltage AC power supply (6-volt output) 6-volt…
Ohm’s Law also makes intuitive sense if you apply it to the…
As we’ve seen, negative feedback is an incredibly useful…
Identify the type of logic gate shown in this schematic diagram, and…
It should be common-sense knowledge that liquids flow through…
While the C-B (common-base) amplifier is known for wider bandwidth…
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Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
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