Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…
What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…
With simple gate and combinational logic circuits, there is a definite…
A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…
The normal data inputs to a flip flop (D, S and R, or J and K) are…
Boolean algebra finds its most practical use in the simplification of…
In mathematics, an identity is a statement true for all possible…
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.
Let’s begin with a semiconductor gate circuit in need of…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a red LED flasher and learn a useful application of the versatile 555 timer IC.
So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
What are Time-Delay Relays? Some relays are constructed with a kind of…
Add the following binary numbers:
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
A third variation on the counter-DAC-based converter theme is, in my…
What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
The fourth example has A partially overlapping B. Though, we will…
Suppose we wanted to build a device that could add two binary bits…
Voltage is commonly defined as “electrical pressure.” The unit of…
Instrumentation is a field of study and work centering on measurement…
Programming a circuit simulation with SPICE is much like programming…
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.
To enter numbers in scientific notation into a hand calculator, there…
This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a Pi Attenuator.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…
The Functionality of Diode Polarity Being able to determine the…
Point-to-Point Connecting two digital devices with a network, would…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) to build a sensitive switching circuit and learn about JFET current gain.
Since complex numbers are legitimate mathematical entities, just like…
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.
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a custom operational amplifier (op amp) and learn about the application of current mirrors and the use of negative feedback in op amp circuits.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will control a 7-segment binary-coded decimal (BCD) display and learn about active-low and active-high logic inputs.
In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…
Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
It is sometimes said regarding electrical safety that, Ït’s not the…
When a PCB designer speaks of dimensions in thous or mils, what does…
A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…
If we were to express the series-connected DC voltages as phasors…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a 12 V alternating current (AC) power supply using a step-down transformer and learn about transformer operation and the purpose of tapped windings.
The following circuits are pre-tested netlists for SPICE 2g6, complete…
Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
This calculates the capacitance of a capacitor based on its charge, Q, and its voltage, V, according to the formula, C=Q/V.
This calculator computes for the capacitor charge time and energy, given the supply voltage and the added series resistance.
A helpful tool for calculating the impedance of a coaxial cable.
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.
So far we know that AC voltage alternates in polarity and AC current…
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.
Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…
In electric circuits, the three basic quantities are voltage (E or V),…
Capacitors do not have a stable “resistance” as conductors…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will learn about electromagnetic induction using an electromagnet and a permanent magnet.
What would happen to this meter movement, if connected directly to a…
Though mechanical ohmmeter (resistance meter) designs are rarely used…
Suppose we wanted to build a device that could add two binary bits…
Differential Op-Amp Circuits An op-amp with no feedback is already a…
