As we saw with DC measurement circuits, the circuit configuration…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a digital combination lock with LED output indicators and learn about XOR gate functionality and how to implement NOR logic functionality using diodes.
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A special type of relay is one that monitors the current, voltage,…
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A switch is an electrical component that can “make” or…
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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
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What are Time-Delay Relays? Some relays are constructed with a kind of…
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In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…
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Logic circuits, whether comprised of electromechanical relays or…
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How is it possible to electrically measure the torque output by a…
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A practical application of switch and relay logic is in control…
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Normally, the rotor windings of a wound rotor induction motor are…
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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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All About Diodes A diode is an electrical device allowing current to…
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It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) to switch an LED and learn about the current their amplification.
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A popular use of diodes is for the mitigation of inductive…
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Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…
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Though it may seem strange to cover the elementary topic of electrical…
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Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
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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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A voltage multiplier is a specialized rectifier circuit producing…
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Current Source It is possible through the use of electronic amplifiers…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) current regulator and learn some of the advantages of JFETs over BJTs for current regulation.
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The time constant of a series RC circuit is the product of the resistance and capacitance. Given two of the three values—resistance, capacitance, or RC time constant—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.
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When someone mentions the word “computer,” a digital…
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Since the enable input on a gated S-R latch provides a way to latch…
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If we take three equal resistors and connect one end of each to a…
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Explain the difference between a balanced polyphase system and an…
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When an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, what…
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Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…
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SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…
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So far we have been finding Sum-Of-Product (SOP) solutions to logic…
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It may seem difficult to even start on a project such as this, with no…
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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
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Identify which trigonometric functions (sine, cosine, or tangent) are…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build resistive current dividers and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's current law function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.
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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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It is sometimes said regarding electrical safety that, Ït’s not the…
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At the beginning of this chapter, it illustrates how transistors could…
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A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…
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Devoting a whole chapter in a modern electronics text to the design…
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This tool helps calculate the impedance of an edge-coupled microstrip.
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The structure behind ladder logic is based on the electrical ladder…
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The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
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This tool is designed to convert power ratios to decibel
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This tool is designed to compute for the trace width of a microstrip
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What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
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The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…
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What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…
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Parallel-in/ serial-out shift registers do everything that the…
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A helpful tool for calculating the impedance of a wire microstrip.
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Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
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