If we examine a four-bit binary count sequence from 0000 to 1111, a…
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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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In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…
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As a first example of useful combinational logic, let’s build a…
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A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…
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At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
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What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
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What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…
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When we store information in some kind of circuit or device, we not…
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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
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What are Time-Delay Relays? Some relays are constructed with a kind of…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…
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Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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Since the enable input on a gated S-R latch provides a way to latch…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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If we were to connect two inverter gates together so that the output…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an S-R latch using two NOR gates and learn how this type of digital memory operates, including invalid states, race conditions, and the effects of output loading.
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As strange as it may seem, any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform is…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an audio amplifier using a vacuum tube (triode) and learn about voltage transformers, how to build a high-voltage DC power supply, and how to use a transformer for impedance matching.
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How much voltage is there between the following pairs of points in…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple RC circuit that demonstrates phase shift and learn how out-of-phase AC voltages do not add algebraically.
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If we take the equivalent circuit of an SCR and add another external…
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Suppose you were to take a 3 kW electric heater rated for 240 VAC and…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Electronic power conversion circuits known…
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Using an electrical meter safely and efficiently is perhaps the most…
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Power in an electric circuit is the product (multiplication) of…
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The Maximum Power Transfer Theorem is not so much a means of analysis…
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Inductive Reactance Capacitive Reactance …
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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a rectangle loop.
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Research the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) guidelines on…
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Tables of specific resistance and temperature coefficient of…
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What will happen to the brightness of the light bulb as the iron core…
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Power Equation of Ohm’s Law and Joule’s Law …
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! A 5 H inductor is subjected to an electric…
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At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
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Introduction Whenever an electric voltage exists between two separated…
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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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Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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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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When a switch is actuated and contacts touch one another under the…
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This tool is designed to calculate the maximum distance (range) that a radar can detect
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One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
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When lightning strikes, nearby magnetic compass needles may be seen to…
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With simple series circuits, all components are connected end-to-end…
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Pure resistive AC circuit: voltage and current are in phase. …
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The Bel is Used to Represent Gain In its simplest form, an…
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What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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There was some historic crude, but usable semiconductor…
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Add the following binary numbers:
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The following circuits are pre-tested netlists for SPICE 2g6, complete…
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Typically, complex circuits are not arranged in nice, neat, clean…
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Definition of a Radical Given the expression where “x” is…
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Since transformers are essentially AC devices, we need to be aware of…
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