Knowing how to generate Gray code should allow us to build larger…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, construct a signal generator circuit that creates two different types of ramp signals and learn how capacitors charge when connected to resistors and constant current sources.
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One of the more advanced ADC technologies is the so-called…
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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The R/2R DAC circuit is an alternative to the binary-weighted-input…
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Connecting digital circuitry to sensor devices is simple if the sensor…
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NAND and NOR gates possess a special property: they are universal.…
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Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…
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Let’s count from zero to twenty using four different kinds of…
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Now we can proceed to studying specific types of digital storage…
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Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…
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In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…
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A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…
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Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…
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Add the following binary numbers:
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It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a monostable multivibrator using a 555 timer IC and learn about RC time constant charging and how a one-shot timer operates.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…
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Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…
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This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.
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A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
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Decibel as Absolute Unit of Power It is also possible to use the…
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If two coils of wire are brought into close proximity with each other…
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Conductors lose all of their electrical resistance when cooled to…
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If we were to connect two inverter gates together so that the output…
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Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
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Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…
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Testing a JFET with a multimeter might seem to be a relatively easy…
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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 atoms in insulating materials have very tightly-bound electrons,…
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Suppose you were installing a high-power stereo system in your car,…
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Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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By introducing electrical reactance into the feedback loops of an…
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Circuits consisting of just one battery and one load resistance are…
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As we’ve already learned, electricity requires a complete path…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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“The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of…
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Mathematicians use Venn diagrams to show the logical relationships of…
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There are two basic Ohm’s Law equations: one relating voltage,…
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Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…
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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.
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In the previous section, we saw a circuit using one J-K flip-flop that…
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A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…
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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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A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…
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Anyone who’s studied geometry should be familiar with the…
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To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…
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What does the acronym RF stand form, in reference to radio-related…
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Since three-phase is used so often for power distribution systems, it…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple circuit that computes the average of voltages and learn about analog computers and their application.
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What, exactly, is necessary to establish electrical continuity between…
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As was previously mentioned, we need more than just a continuous path…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Programming a circuit simulation with SPICE is much like programming…
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After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…
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