Up until this point, our analysis of transistor logic circuits has…
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Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…
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Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
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Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…
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Perhaps the most important consideration of an ADC is its resolution.…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a 3-bit down counter using J-K flip-flops and learn about asynchronous counter functionality.
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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When we store information in some kind of circuit or device, we not…
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What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…
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In mathematics, an identity is a statement true for all possible…
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The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
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A mathematician named DeMorgan developed a pair of important rules…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…
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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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Knowing how to generate Gray code should allow us to build larger…
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Also known as the stairstep-ramp, or simply counter A/D converter,…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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This calculator computes for the output pulse width of a 555 timer monostable circuit
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Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…
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A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…
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This calculator helps determine the maximum temperature a device can withstand
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Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…
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A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
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When a transistor is in the fully-off state (like an open switch), it…
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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
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This calculator will determine the correct antenna downtilt angle given the heights of the antennas and distance between them.
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A calculator for computing several parameters needed in the design of a flyback switch mode regulator
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a programmable non-inverting amplifier and learn how to use the negative feedback of an operational amplifier to control the gain.
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As the name suggests, the tetrode tube contains four elements: cathode…
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This calculator provides three options—basic, intermediate, and advanced—for determining expected battery life for microcontroller, Internet of Things (IoT), and edge processing systems with up to four different operating modes.
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This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…
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Although the prime intent of octal and hexadecimal numeration systems…
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Series and Parallel Resistances Series and Parallel…
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Long before the advent of digital electronic technology, computers…
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Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…
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Suppose you were to take a 3 kW electric heater rated for 240 VAC and…
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After applying some of the general troubleshooting tips to narrow the…
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When first approaching a failed or otherwise misbehaving system, the…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a thermocouple to measure temperature changes and learn about the Seebeck effect.
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So far, we’ve observed simulations of transformers where the…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a variable conductor and learn the impact of a metal core placed inside an inductor coil has on the inductance.
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Insulated gate field-effect transistors are unipolar devices just like…
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Remember that this tutorial is not exhaustive by any means, and that…
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So far we know that AC voltage alternates in polarity and AC current…
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Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…
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This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a Pi Attenuator.
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As we’ve already learned, electricity requires a complete path…
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Suppose we wanted to build a device that could add two binary bits…
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The concept of a mathematical power is familiar to most students of…
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The circuit in the previous section is not a very practical one. In…
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A thyristor is a device that has a number of unusual characteristics.…
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There are circumstances when you may need to analyze a DC reactive…
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In our study of AC circuits thus far, we’ve explored circuits…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an S-R latch with an enabled input using four NAND gates and learn more about digital circuit functionality.
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A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…
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A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…
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