Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…
In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…
What do you think this logic buffer gate will do, with the output…
At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
A third variation on the counter-DAC-based converter theme is, in my…
What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…
As an example of using several circuits together, we are going to make…
In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…
NAND and NOR gates possess a special property: they are universal.…
Logic circuits, whether comprised of electromechanical relays or…
Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…
Connecting digital circuitry to sensor devices is simple if the sensor…
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.
When we store information in some kind of circuit or device, we not…
A third variation on the counter-DAC-based converter theme is, in my…
A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…
Diodes can perform switching and digital logic operations. Forward and…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Schmitt trigger using a 555 timer and learn about hysteresis and the inner workings of the extremely versatile 555 timer IC.
What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Guidelines to Series-Parallel Combination Circuit Analysis The goal of…
Ladder diagrams are specialized schematics commonly used to document…
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.
Larger Karnaugh maps reduce larger logic designs. How large is large…
How much voltage is there between the following pairs of points in…
Valence: The electrons in the outermost shell, or valence shell, are…
When an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, what…
Suppose I were about to measure an unknown voltage with a manual-range…
An unbalanced Wheatstone bridge cannot be solved using simple series…
A handy all-in-one tool for reading resistor color code values for a 4 band resistor, 5 band resistor, or 6 band resistor.
Guidelines to Series-Parallel Combination Circuit Analysis The goal of…
By definition, a low-pass filter is a circuit offering easy passage to…
When a transistor is in the fully-off state (like an open switch), it…
The most straightforward DC network analysis technique is the branch…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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.
For a given amount of water pressure, which will flow a greater rate…
A tool designed to calculate the maximum speed, minimum time per step and maximum power of a stepper motor
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.
Constant rule Rule of sums Rule of differences Product rule Quotient…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will construct a voltage detector with adjustable sensitivity and audio output, and you will learn a method for detecting small electrical signals without an oscilloscope.
For ease of drawing complex circuit diagrams, electronic amplifiers…
Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
