Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
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The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
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Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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The Programmable Logic Controller, or PLC, was invented in the late…
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Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the…
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Using an electrical meter safely and efficiently is perhaps the most…
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Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A…
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What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…
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A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…
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Let us begin our exploration of Boolean algebra by adding numbers…
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If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…
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A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…
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Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…
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What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…
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When we store information in some kind of circuit or device, we not…
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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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A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
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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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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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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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How is it possible to assign a fixed value of voltage or current (such…
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What, exactly, is necessary to establish electrical continuity between…
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It was discovered centuries ago that certain types of materials would…
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Over the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…
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In order to work with complex numbers without drawing vectors, we…
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This calculator computes the resonant frequency of a parallel inductor and capacitor "tank" circuit.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple circuit that computes the average of voltages and learn about analog computers and their application.
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The Law of Sines (for any triangle) The Law of Cosines (for any…
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You might have noticed on the table for specific resistances that all…
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A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…
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In many circuit applications, we encounter components connected…
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In DC and low-frequency AC circuits, the characteristic impedance of…
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Capacitors, like all electrical components, have limitations that must…
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The electrical resistance of a conductor at any temperature may be…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an AC voltage source connected to speakers to learn about sound waves and the foundational principle used in noise cancelling headphones.
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Unijunction transistor: Although a unijunction transistor is not a…
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Insulated gate field-effect transistors are unipolar devices just like…
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Note: all angles (x) must be expressed in units of radians for these…
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Let’s analyze a simple series circuit and determine the voltage…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a thermocouple to measure temperature changes and learn about the Seebeck effect.
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