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Digital Lab - S-R Flip-flop Using NAND Gates

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an edge-triggered S-R flip-flop, learn the difference between a latch and a flip-flop, and experience how a switch bounce can cause logic errors.

Digital Ramp ADC

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Also known as the stairstep-ramp, or simply counter A/D converter,…

Digital Memory Terms and Concepts

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When we store information in some kind of circuit or device, we not…

Half-Adder

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As a first example of useful combinational logic, let’s build a…

Time-Delay Electromechanical Relays

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What does the normal status of an electrical switch refer to?…

Design Project: Logic Probe

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What factors determine where potentiometers Rpot1 and Rpot2 must be…

Shift Registers: Serial-in, Parallel-out (SIPO) Conversion

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A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…

Negative Binary Numbers

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With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…

Microprocessor Programming

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The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

Practical Considerations of ADC Circuits

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Perhaps the most important consideration of an ADC is its resolution.…

Boolean Algebra

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

Digital Communication

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

Modern Nonmechanical Memory

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Now we can proceed to studying specific types of digital storage…

Analysis Techniques for Series Parallel Resistor Circuits

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Guidelines to Series-Parallel Combination Circuit Analysis The goal of…

Boolean Algebraic Properties

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Another type of mathematical identity, called a “property”…

Vol III. Credits

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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

CMOS Gate Circuitry

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Up until this point, our analysis of transistor logic circuits has…

Safe Meter Usage

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Using an electrical meter safely and efficiently is perhaps the most…

Microprocessors

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Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…

The R/2R DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter)

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The R/2R DAC circuit is an alternative to the binary-weighted-input…

Factors Affecting Inductance

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There are four basic factors of inductor construction determining the…

DC Lab - Rate-of-change Indicator

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog differentiator circuit that outputs a signal proportional to the rate-of-change and learn about one of the advantages of analog circuits.

Power in Electric Circuits

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In addition to voltage and current, there is another important…

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

Design Project: Dual-output AC-DC Power Supply

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Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…

JFET Quirks

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Design Project: Telegraph System

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What voltage will you choose to use for each of the station batteries?

Basic Circuit Troubleshooting

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Determine if the light bulb will de-energize for each of the following…

Electromagnetism

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The discovery of the relationship between magnetism and electricity…

Binary Subtraction

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We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…

Voltmeter Design

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As was stated earlier, most meter movements are sensitive devices.…

Mesh Current Method (Loop Current Method)

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This page provides a step-by-step introduction to using the mesh…

Rules for Antiderivatives

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Constant Rule     Rule of Sums     Rule of…

Boolean Arithmetic

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Let us begin our exploration of Boolean algebra by adding numbers…

Amplifier Impedances

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Input impedance varies considerably with the circuit configuration…

Right Triangle Trigonometry

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  A right triangle is defined as having one angle precisely…

Digital Lab - S-R Flip-flop Using NAND Gates

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an edge-triggered S-R flip-flop, learn the difference between a latch and a flip-flop, and experience how a switch bounce can cause logic errors.

Harmonics in Polyphase Power Systems

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In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…

Practical Power Factor Correction

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When the need arises to correct for poor power factor in an AC power…

Conventional Transistor Overview and Special Transistors

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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…

Ring Counters

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If the output of a shift register is fed back to the input. a ring…

Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…

Potentiometers

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Microprocessors

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Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…

What is a Series-Parallel Circuit?

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With simple series circuits, all components are connected end-to-end…

Node Voltage Method

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The node voltage method of DC network analysis solves for unknown…

Asynchronous Flip-Flop Inputs

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The normal data inputs to a flip flop (D, S and R, or J and K) are…

Basic Electromagnetic Relays

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…

Practical Considerations - Capacitors

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Capacitors, like all electrical components, have limitations that must…

Servo Motor Systems

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Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…

Safety Grounding

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In simple AC power systems, one of the two conductors is typically…

Microprocessor Programming

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The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

Power Supply Circuits

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There are three major kinds of power supplies: unregulated (also…

Data Flow

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Buses and networks are designed to allow communication to occur…

Component Failure Analysis (Continued)

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“I consider that I understand an equation when I can predict the…

Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Series Resistor-Inductor Circuits

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In the previous section, we explored what would happen in simple…

Peak Detector

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A peak detector is a series connection of a diode and a…

Antiderivatives of Power Functions of e

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  Note: this is a very unique and useful property of e. As in…

What Is the Skin Effect?

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The Skin Depth of Copper in Electrical Engineering As previously…