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Oscillator Circuits

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Calculus for Electric Circuits

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

Logic Signal Voltage Levels

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Input Voltages for Logic Gates Logic gate circuits are designed to…

Analog and Digital Signals

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Instrumentation is a field of study and work centering on measurement…

Polyphase Motor Design

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AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…

Shift Registers

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Current Signal Systems

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Current Source It is possible through the use of electronic amplifiers…

Passive Integrator and Differentiator Circuits

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Digital-to-Analog Conversion

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If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…

Introduction to Mixed-Frequency AC Signals

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In our study of AC circuits thus far, we’ve explored circuits…

Bandpass Filter Calculator

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This calculates values of the inductance, capacitance of an inductor and capacitor used in a Butterworth LC bandpass filter.

Introduction to Digital Communication

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In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…

Square Root, Cube Root, and Nth Root Calculator

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This calculator will determine the square root, cube root, or nth root of a given number, x.

Linear Computational Circuitry

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The “Operational” Amplifier

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Long before the advent of digital electronic technology, computers…

Temperature Coefficient of Resistance

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It is a common phenomenon for the electrical resistance of a substance…

Practical Considerations of ADC Circuits

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

Electrical Signal Types

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With BogusBus, our signals were very simple and straightforward: each…

What is a Filter?

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It is sometimes desirable to have circuits capable of selectively…

Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a microstrip.

Digital Ramp ADC

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

What is Network Analysis?

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The basic application of Ohm’s law to combinations of series and…

AC Phase

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Things start to get complicated when we need to relate two or more AC…

AC Lab - PC Oscilloscope

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use a PC-based oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn basic oscilloscope operation.

Vectors and AC Waveforms

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OK, so how exactly can we represent AC quantities of voltage or…

Sequences

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Arithmetic Sequences An arithmetic sequence is a series of numbers…

Trigonometric Equivalencies

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Amplifiers

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Practical Benefit of Active Devices The practical benefit of active…

555 Lab - LED Flasher with Inductive Flyback

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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.

Display Tubes

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In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…

Series-parallel R, L, and C

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Now that we’ve seen how series and parallel AC circuit analysis…

Temperature Coefficient of Resistance

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It is a common phenomenon for the electrical resistance of a substance…

Electromagnetism

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The discovery of the relationship between magnetism and electricity…

Si Lab - Multi-stage Amplifier

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, construct a three-stage common-emitter amplifier using bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about multi-stage gain and feedback.

Comparator with Hysteresis (Schmitt Trigger) Calculator

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This calculator will compute the required resistor ratio (R2/R1) and reference voltage (VREF) to create the desired high (VTH) and low (VTL) threshold voltages in a non-inverting comparator circuit with hysteresis (commonly called a Schmitt trigger).

Band-stop Filters

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How to Create a Band-stop Filter? Also called band-elimination,…

Introduction to Diodes And Rectifiers

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All About Diodes A diode is an electrical device allowing current to…

PN Junctions

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DeMorgan’s Theorems

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A mathematician named DeMorgan developed a pair of important rules…

Si Lab - A Simple BJT Current Mirror Circuit

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple current mirror using matched bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about current mirror circuit limitations, the temperature dependence of BJTs, and thermal runaway.

Special-purpose Diodes

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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…

Single-phase Induction Motors

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A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…

Electrical Noise and Interference

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Define what noise means, in the electrical sense of the word. How does…

Bipolar Junction Transistors in Active Mode

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Optothyristors

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Like bipolar transistors, SCRs and TRIACs are also manufactured as…

Electric Shock Data

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The table of electric currents and their various bodily effects was…

PN Junctions

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Bipolar Transistor Biasing Circuits

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Power Measurement

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Power measurement in AC circuits can be quite a bit more complex than…

Power Sources

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There are many different types of power sources, and here some of the…

Solid-state Relays

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Limitations of Electromechanical Relays As versatile as…

Sum-of-Products and Product-of-Sums Expressions

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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…

IGFET Quirks

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Voltage Regulation

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As we saw in a few SPICE analyses earlier in this chapter, the output…

Series and Parallel Inductors

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When inductors are connected in series, the total inductance is the…

Waveguide Calculator (Circular)

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This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a circular waveguide

Tube Parameters

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For bipolar junction transistors, the fundamental measure of…

Basic Electricity Worksheet

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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?

Parallel DC Circuits Practice Worksheet With Answers

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In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of voltage…