The “Operational” Amplifier

Long before the advent of digital electronic technology, computers…

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Oscillator Circuits

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Voltage-to-Current Signal Conversion

In instrumentation circuitry, DC signals are often used as analog…

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Slope (integrating) ADC

So far, we’ve only been able to escape the sheer volume of…

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Design Project: Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) Signal Generator

What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…

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Latch Circuits

What do you think this logic buffer gate will do, with the output…

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Polyphase Motor Design

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

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Multiplexers and Demultiplexers

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

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Design Project: Signal Generator

Explain the principle of operation for the particular integrated…

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Design Project: Audio Media-Based Signal Generator

Identify some different ways you can create the sine-wave audio tracks…

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Performance-Based Assessments for Digital Circuit Competencies

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Successive Approximation ADC

One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…

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Introduction to Digital Communication

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

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Signal Modulation

A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…

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Current Signal Systems

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

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Calculus for Electric Circuits

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

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Temperature Coefficient of Resistance

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

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The R/2nR DAC: Binary-Weighted-Input Digital-to-Analog Converter

What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…

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Passive Integrator and Differentiator Circuits

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

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Why digital?

Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…

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Series-parallel R, L, and C

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

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Op-Amp Voltage and Gain Calculator

A calculator for computing the gain and output voltage of an operational amplifier

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TTL NOR and OR gates

TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…

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DC Lab - Parallel Batteries

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in parallel to power a light and learn the relationship between the individual battery currents and the total system current.

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Bipolar Junction Transistors as Switches

Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…

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Trace Resistance Calculator

This calculator determines the resistance of a microstrip trace

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Design Project: Logic Probe

What factors determine where potentiometers Rpot1 and Rpot2 must be…

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Rules for Derivatives

Constant rule Rule of sums Rule of differences Product rule Quotient…

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The Shockley Diode

Our exploration of thyristors begins with a device called the…

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Wire Stripline Impedance Calculator

A calculator for computing the impedance of a wire stripline.

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Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors

What is an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), and what…

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Transistor Biasing Calculations

Although transistor switching circuits operate without bias, it is…

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Valence and Crystal Structure

Valence: The electrons in the outermost shell, or valence shell, are…

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Switches, Electrically Actuated (Relays)

The structure behind ladder logic is based on the electrical ladder…

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Thyristors

Thyristors are a broad classification of bipolar-conducting…

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Overcurrent Protection

What hazards might be posed by a circuit with excessive current going…

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Finite State Machines

Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…

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Wire Self Inductance Calculator

This calculator will help compute the inductance of a length of wire.

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Contributors (4)

Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

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Polarity of voltage drops

When using conventional current flow, we can trace the direction of…

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Step-up and Step-down Transformers

So far, we’ve observed simulations of transformers where the…

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Design Project: Signal Generator

Explain the principle of operation for the particular integrated…

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Common Antiderivatives

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AC Resistor Circuits (Capacitive)

Pure resistive AC circuit: voltage and current are in phase.  …

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Lorentz Force Calculator

This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.

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Numbers versus Numeration

It is imperative to understand that the type of numeration system used…

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AC Lab - Induction Motor

In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple AC permanent capacitor split-phase induction motor and learn the principles of AC induction motor function.

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Diodes

A diode is an electronics component made from a combination of a…

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Common Derivatives

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Computational Circuits

When someone mentions the word “computer,” a digital…

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Derivative of a Constant

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Microstrip Inductance Calculator

This calculator computes the inductance of a microstrip etched on a PCB.

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Non-Inverting Op-Amp Resistor Calculator

This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for a non-inverting Op-Amp

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Superposition Theorem

The superposition theorem is one of those strokes of genius that takes…

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Derivatives of Power Functions of e

Example Derivatives of e Proportionality Constant When we say that a…

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Amplifier Impedances

Input impedance varies considerably with the circuit configuration…

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Shock Current Path

As we’ve already learned, electricity requires a complete path…

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Specific Troubleshooting Techniques

After applying some of the general troubleshooting tips to narrow the…

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Boolean Algebra

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The Exclusive-OR Function: The XOR Gate

What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…

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