Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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Synchronous motors load the power line with a leading power factor.…
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…
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AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…
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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…
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A popular use of diodes is for the mitigation of inductive…
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Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave rectifier for AC to DC conversion and learn about center-tapped transformers.
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What is an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), and what…
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Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…
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The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
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What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…
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Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
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A switch is an electrical component that can “make” or…
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All About Diodes A diode is an electrical device allowing current to…
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A practical application of switch and relay logic is in control…
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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
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For ease of drawing complex circuit diagrams, electronic amplifiers…
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Design a passive circuit that will create a "split” ( V/-V) power…
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The armature windings of your DC motor will have very low resistance.…
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The circuit in the previous section is not a very practical one. In…
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In these hands-on semiconductor electronics experiments, learn to build and test circuits using discrete silicon (Si) devices, including diodes and transistors. Also, learn important circuit designs, including rectifiers, current mirrors, amplifiers, and oscillators.
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple transformer and learn some important transformer fundamentals including voltage step-up and step-down.
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple circuit that will teach you how to use a commutating diode to reduce inductive kickback.
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Mutual inductors are inductors that capitalize the effect of mutual…
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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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The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…
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Remember that this tutorial is not exhaustive by any means, and that…
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Try out our Resistor Color Code Calculator in our Tools section.…
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A voltage multiplier is a specialized rectifier circuit producing…
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In addition to voltage and current, there is another important…
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If the output of a shift register is fed back to the input. a ring…
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After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…
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Input impedance varies considerably with the circuit configuration…
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Though it may seem strange to cover the elementary topic of electrical…
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Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
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This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.
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By now you should be well aware of the correlation between electrical…
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There are not too many circuit symbols for bipolar transistors. There…
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In an astable circuit, the output voltage alternates between VCC and 0 volts on a continuous basis. This calculator will help you design an oscillator using a 555 timer IC.
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Try out our Resistor Color Code Calculator in our Tools section.…
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Additive Identity a + 0 = a Multiplicative Identity 1a = a…
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As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…
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When inductors are connected in series, the total inductance is the…
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Decibel as Absolute Unit of Power It is also possible to use the…
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What factors determine where potentiometers Rpot1 and Rpot2 must be…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will control a light with a switch and learn the basics of connecting toggle (on/off) switches into circuits.
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This calculator uses Faraday's and Lenz's laws to calculate the magnitude and polarity of the induced electromotive force (EMF) caused by a change in magnetic flux through a closed-loop coil.
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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
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As we’ve already learned, electricity requires a complete path…
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Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
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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.
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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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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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) to build a sensitive switching circuit and learn about JFET current gain.
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Using the same value components in our series example circuit, we will…
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The Insulated-Gate Field-Effect Transistor (IGFET), also known as…
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