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Analog Lab - 555 Ramp Signal Generator

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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.

Network Protocols

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Aside from the issues of the physical network (signal types and…

Series-Parallel Combination AC Circuits

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Conventional Transistor Overview and Special Transistors

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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…

555 Lab - Red LED Flasher

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a red LED flasher and learn a useful application of the versatile 555 timer IC.

Introduction to Karnaugh Mapping

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Why learn about Karnaugh maps? The Karnaugh map, like Boolean…

555 Lab - Introduction to the 555 Timer IC

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In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test mixed-signal analog and digital circuits using the versatile 555 timer IC. These projects will teach you about RC time constants, duty cycle, transistor current drive, LEDs, voltage doublers, and more.

Digital Lab - S-R Latch With Enable Input using NAND Gates

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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.

Differentiator and Integrator Circuits

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By introducing electrical reactance into the feedback loops of an…

Time-delay Relays

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What are Time-Delay Relays? Some relays are constructed with a kind of…

Decoder

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A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…

Successive Approximation ADC

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One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…

Digital Codes

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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…

Historical, Nonmechanical Memory Technologies

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Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A…

Binary Addition

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The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…

555 Lab - Advanced Red LED Flasher

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a red LED flasher with a transistor drive to control the current and learn how to use transistors to provide current gain and how to limit LED current.

Networks and Busses

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The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is  called…

555 Lab - Oscillator With Hysteresis

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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.

Multiplexers and Demultiplexers

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

Binary Subtraction

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We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…

Stripline Max Current Calculator

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A calculator designed to calculate the maximum current that a stripline can handle

Inductor Quirks

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In an ideal case, an inductor acts as a purely reactive device. That…

Resonant Filters

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So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…

Series DC Circuits Practice Worksheet with Answers

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In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of current (4…

Ammeter Design

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Ammeters Measure Electrical Current A meter designed to measure…

The R/2nR DAC: Binary-Weighted-Input Digital-to-Analog Converter

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What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…

Digital Lab - S-R Latch Using NOR Gates

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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.

The Importance of Electrical Safety

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With this lesson, I hope to avoid a common mistake found in…

Attenuators

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What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…

Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a microstrip.

Battery Life Calculator

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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.

The Shockley Diode

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Our exploration of thyristors begins with a device called the…

Multiplexers

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A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…

Three-phase Transformer Circuits

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Since three-phase is used so often for power distribution systems, it…

Inverting Op-Amp Resistor Calculator

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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for an inverting op-amp.

Design Project: LED Stroboscope

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A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…

Hand Calculator Use

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To enter numbers in scientific notation into a hand calculator, there…

Capacitance

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Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…

Switch Contact Design

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A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…

Wire Types and Sizes

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Most electrical wire is covered in a rubber or plastic coating called…