Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test a 2-input digital NAND gate with LED indicators and learn to read pinout diagrams, power a digital IC, connect unused inputs and outputs, and use pulldown resistors.
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Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
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Parallel-in/ serial-out shift registers do everything that the…
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At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
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A Logic Gate is assigned as an elementary building block of…
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It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
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Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…
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Knowing how to generate Gray code should allow us to build larger…
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Digital logic gate circuits are manufactured as integrated circuits:…
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Another type of mathematical identity, called a “property”…
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In mathematics, an identity is a statement true for all possible…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…
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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
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Boolean algebra finds its most practical use in the simplification of…
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The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…
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In designing digital circuits, the designer often begins with a truth…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a monostable multivibrator using a 555 timer IC and learn about RC time constant charging and how a one-shot timer operates.
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The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
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If we were to connect two inverter gates together so that the output…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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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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Why learn about Karnaugh maps? The Karnaugh map, like Boolean…
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Although the prime intent of octal and hexadecimal numeration systems…
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The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…
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For reference, this section introduces the terminology used in some…
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In the previous section, we saw a circuit using one J-K flip-flop that…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…
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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.
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When someone mentions the word “computer,” a digital…
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Digital computers communicate with external devices through ports:…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
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NAND and NOR gates possess a special property: they are universal.…
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Let’s begin with a semiconductor gate circuit in need of…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test a 2-input digital NAND gate with LED indicators and learn to read pinout diagrams, power a digital IC, connect unused inputs and outputs, and use pulldown resistors.
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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.
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Synchronous motors load the power line with a leading power factor.…
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Note, Q3 and Q4 in the figure below are complementary, NPN and PNP…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an automotive alternator to generate three-phase AC voltage and learn how alternators can function as both generators and motors.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will examine the heat generated by resistors and maybe even make one smoke! Also, learn to calculate power dissipation using Joule's law and resistor power ratings.
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Electromechanical relays used to start and stop high-power electric…
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Older electrical schematics showed connecting wires crossing, while…
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Add the following binary numbers:
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This calculator computes for the capacitor charge time and energy, given the supply voltage and the added series resistance.
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A helpful tool for computing the Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of an antenna
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Design a passive circuit that will create a "split” ( V/-V) power…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
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At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
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The purpose of the parallel-in/ parallel-out shift register is to take…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog voltage comparator circuit and learn how open-loop operational amplifiers function.
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This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…
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Remember that this tutorial is not exhaustive by any means, and that…
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This balanced attenuator calculator helps you determine the resistor (R1) values for a balanced attenuator.
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What hazards might be posed by a circuit with excessive current going…
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Whenever electrons flow through a conductor, a magnetic field will…
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