Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…
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If the output of a shift register is fed back to the input. a ring…
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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
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Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a multiple LED flasher and learn how to use inductive flyback to generate a voltage pulse that is greater than the supply voltage.
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A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…
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The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
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Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
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A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…
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Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
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So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test an automated circuit that sequentially flashes 10 LED, and learn about counters, frequency dividers, and switch debouncing.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
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In the previous section, we saw a circuit using one J-K flip-flop that…
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We can construct a simple logic functions for our hypothetical lamp…
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Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential…
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Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…
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Why learn about Karnaugh maps? The Karnaugh map, like Boolean…
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The half-adder is extremely useful until you want to add more than one…
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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.
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
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NAND and NOR gates possess a special property: they are universal.…
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Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
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It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
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In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…
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With simple gate and combinational logic circuits, there is a definite…
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A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
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Diodes can perform switching and digital logic operations. Forward and…
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In an astable circuit, the output voltage alternates between VCC and 0 volts on a continuous basis. This calculator will help you design an oscillator using a 555 timer IC.
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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
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If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…
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One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
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A bistable multivibrator has two stable states, as indicated by the…
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Logic circuits, whether comprised of electromechanical relays or…
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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure resistance using the ohmmeter function.
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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure resistance using the ohmmeter function.
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Calculate circuit parameters using Ohm's Law
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What will this voltmeter register when connected to a battery as shown…
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Suppose we wished to measure the resistance of some component located…
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One of the more advanced ADC technologies is the so-called…
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What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…
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The voltage divider is a circuit used to create a voltage less than or equal to the input voltage.
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Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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The concept and measurement units of resistance are most often used…
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Given three of the four input parameters (refractive indices, angles of incidence, and refraction) this tool calculates the missing variable based on Snell's law.
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A tool designed to calculate the characteristic impedance of a twisted-pair cable
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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
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In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test digital circuits and learn the fundamentals of digital logic circuits, including gates, counters, logic levels, hysteresis, memory, and more.
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For a given amount of water pressure, which will flow a greater rate…
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JFETs, like bipolar transistors, are able to “throttle”…
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Like its bipolar cousin, the field-effect transistor may be used as an…
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