When we store information in some kind of circuit or device, we not…
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Serial-in, serial-out shift registers delay data by one clock time for…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…
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Instrumentation is a field of study and work centering on measurement…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a digital combination lock with LED output indicators and learn about XOR gate functionality and how to implement NOR logic functionality using diodes.
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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.
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Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A…
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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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For reference, this section introduces the terminology used in some…
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A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…
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Read-only memory (ROM) is similar in design to static or dynamic RAM…
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Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…
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What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…
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Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
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The R/2R DAC circuit is an alternative to the binary-weighted-input…
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Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…
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Another type of mathematical identity, called a “property”…
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A calculator for computing the inductance of a coaxial cable.
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In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…
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In the common-emitter section of this chapter, we saw a SPICE analysis…
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In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of voltage…
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A calculator for computing the gain and output voltage of an operational amplifier
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will control a light with a switch and learn the basics of connecting toggle (on/off) switches into circuits.
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Just like voltmeters, ammeters tend to influence the amount of current…
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This calculator will help compute the inductance of a length of wire.
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Explain the difference between a balanced polyphase system and an…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
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What do we do if we come across a circuit more complex than the simple…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Another strategy for addressing the problem of secondary electrons…
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Suppose I were about to measure an unknown voltage with a manual-range…
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Power in an electric circuit is the product (multiplication) of…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will sense AC electric fields using the sensitive voltage detector and learn about capacitive coupling, EMI, and shielding techniques.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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This chapter explores the response of capacitors and inductors to…
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So far we know that AC voltage alternates in polarity and AC current…
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In addition to forward voltage drop (Vf) and peak inverse voltage…
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If we connect the output of an op-amp to its inverting input and apply…
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Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…
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The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
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We’ve already seen one example of a monostable multivibrator in…
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An electromechanical generator is a device capable of producing…
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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Figure below shows a photodiode amplifier for measuring low levels of…
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Practical Benefit of Active Devices The practical benefit of active…
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Like all electrical and electronic components, transistors are limited…
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Convert between Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin
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As we’ve seen, negative feedback is an incredibly useful…
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A tool designed to calculate the noise figure of cascaded amplifiers
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog integrator using an operational amplifier and learn about integration functions, op amp input bias currents, and how to limit the voltage swing of a potentiometer.
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Two relatively recent technologies designed to reduce the…
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Behaviors of Inductors wrapped around a Conductive Core Suppose we…
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Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…
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In the previous section, we saw a circuit using one J-K flip-flop that…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple voltmeter and ammeter while learning some fundamentals about circuit measurements.
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Current Components in a series circuit share the same current: Itotal…
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