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.
Aside from the issues of the physical network (signal types and…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a red LED flasher and learn a useful application of the versatile 555 timer IC.
Why learn about Karnaugh maps? The Karnaugh map, like Boolean…
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.
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.
By introducing electrical reactance into the feedback loops of an…
What are Time-Delay Relays? Some relays are constructed with a kind of…
A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A…
The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
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.
The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is called…
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.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…
A calculator designed to calculate the maximum current that a stripline can handle
In an ideal case, an inductor acts as a purely reactive device. That…
So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…
In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of current (4…
Ammeters Measure Electrical Current A meter designed to measure…
What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…
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.
With this lesson, I hope to avoid a common mistake found in…
What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…
This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a microstrip.
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.
Our exploration of thyristors begins with a device called the…
A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…
Since three-phase is used so often for power distribution systems, it…
This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for an inverting op-amp.
A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
To enter numbers in scientific notation into a hand calculator, there…
Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…
A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…
Most electrical wire is covered in a rubber or plastic coating called…
