Feedback is a fascinating engineering principle. It can turn a rather…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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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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Boolean algebra finds its most practical use in the simplification of…
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The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
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Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…
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The Programmable Logic Controller, or PLC, was invented in the late…
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A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…
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When someone mentions the word “computer,” a digital…
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TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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Suppose we wanted to build a device that could add two binary bits…
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Larger Karnaugh maps reduce larger logic designs. How large is large…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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Why learn about Karnaugh maps? The Karnaugh map, like Boolean…
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Guidelines to Series-Parallel Combination Circuit Analysis The goal of…
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As a first example of useful combinational logic, let’s build a…
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A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
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Also known as the stairstep-ramp, or simply counter A/D converter,…
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Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
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A tool designed to calculate the characteristic impedance of a twisted-pair cable
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Learn the Power Formula We’ve seen the formula for determining…
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If we were to express the series-connected DC voltages as phasors…
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Let’s take the following example circuit and analyze it: …
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Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a voltage follower amplifier using a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) in common-collector configuration and learn about circuit ground and impedance transformations.
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What hazards might be posed by a circuit with excessive current going…
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
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The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave bridge rectifier using silicon diodes and learn some of this circuit's advantages and disadvantages.
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In the previous section, we explored what would happen in simple…
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Power Equation of Ohm’s Law and Joule’s Law …
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Note the “50 ohm” rating printed on the jacket of the cable. What…
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There are three major kinds of power supplies: unregulated (also…
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Over the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…
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Periodic table of chemical elements.
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So far, the phenomenon of resonance appears to be a useless curiosity,…
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When the need arises to correct for poor power factor in an AC power…
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AC ANALYSIS: General form: .ac [curve] [points] [start] [final]…
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Also known as the stairstep-ramp, or simply counter A/D converter,…
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A handy all-in-one tool for reading resistor color code values for a 4 band resistor, 5 band resistor, or 6 band resistor.
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Ladder diagrams are specialized schematics commonly used to document…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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For reference, this section introduces the terminology used in some…
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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator with hysteresis from a Schmitt trigger and learn how to use it to create an RC oscillator and a method to configure a 555 timer as an astable multivibrator.
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Series and Parallel Resistances Series and Parallel…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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In this hands-on semiconductor experiment, build an improved full-wave rectifier with output filtering and learn about capacitive filtering in AC-to-DC power converters.
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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
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It is sometimes useful in logic circuits to have a multivibrator which…
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SCRs are unidirectional (one-way) current devices, making them useful…
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