Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
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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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The purpose of the parallel-in/ parallel-out shift register is to take…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
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Serial-in, serial-out shift registers delay data by one clock time for…
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One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…
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Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…
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The fourth example has A partially overlapping B. Though, we will…
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Identify the type of logic gate shown in this schematic diagram, and…
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Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…
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In the previous section, we saw a circuit using one J-K flip-flop that…
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Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
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In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…
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The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is called…
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What is an Encoder? An encoder is a circuit that changes a set of…
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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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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator using a 555 timer and learn the theory of operation of the 555 timer when configured as an astable multivibrator.
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One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
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Logic circuits, whether comprised of electromechanical relays or…
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A mathematician named DeMorgan developed a pair of important rules…
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NAND and NOR gates possess a special property: they are universal.…
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Knowing how to generate Gray code should allow us to build larger…
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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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How is it possible to assign a fixed value of voltage or current (such…
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Learn the Power Formula We’ve seen the formula for determining…
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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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Euler’s Number Euler’s constant is an important value for…
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In this motor control circuit, how would you ensure that there is no…
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How much voltage is there between the following pairs of points in…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a battery-operated circuit with a light and learn about open and short circuit failures.
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While Oersted’s surprising discovery of electromagnetism paved…
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This calculator allows you to solve for any of the six variables in the Friis formula for RF transmission: transmitter power, transmitter gain, receiver power, receiver gain, frequency, or distance.
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Identify some of the different types of capacitors, and their…
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Normally, the rotor windings of a wound rotor induction motor are…
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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a wire loop.
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The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…
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As an instructor of electronics, I am called upon frequently to help…
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Certain substances are known to physically deform (shorten or…
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Point-to-Point Connecting two digital devices with a network, would…
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This calculator calculates the resistivity of a component based on its resistance value, length, and cross-sectional area.
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