In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave rectifier for AC to DC conversion and learn about center-tapped transformers.
Logic circuits, whether comprised of electromechanical relays or…
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.
What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…
The discovery of the relationship between magnetism and electricity…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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.
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
Though it may seem strange to cover the elementary topic of electrical…
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.
As we saw with DC measurement circuits, the circuit configuration…
Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…
Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…
Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…
The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
Bipolar junction transistors (Also known as BJTs) can be used as an…
Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
What do you think this logic buffer gate will do, with the output…
Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…
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.
Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
What are Time-Delay Relays? Some relays are constructed with a kind of…
The structure behind ladder logic is based on the electrical ladder…
Normally, the rotor windings of a wound rotor induction motor are…
Since three-phase is used so often for power distribution systems, it…
So far, we’ve observed simulations of transformers where the…
AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…
What does the normal status of an electrical switch refer to?…
Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
When analyzing complex series and parallel circuits, it is easy to…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
There are not too many circuit symbols for bipolar transistors. There…
What is an Encoder? An encoder is a circuit that changes a set of…
Let’s count from zero to twenty using four different kinds of…
Programming a circuit simulation with SPICE is much like programming…
Identify which trigonometric functions (sine, cosine, or tangent) are…
This calculator helps determine the resistance of a variable resistor within a Wheatstone bridge circuit or the differential voltage created across the bridge terminals.
Metric Prefixes Yotta = 1024 Symbol: Y Zetta = 1021 Symbol: Z…
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.
Critical temperatures given in Kelvins Material Element/Alloy Critical…
Another strategy for addressing the problem of secondary electrons…
This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an asymmetric stripline
Suppose I were about to measure an unknown voltage with a manual-range…
To build the DIY electronics projects described in this textbook, you will need a small work area, a few tools, and some basic electronics supplies. This page describes the setup of a low-cost home electronics laboratory.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build capacitor charging and discharging circuits and learn how to calculate the RC time constant of resistor-capacitor circuits.
Seeing as how a common meter movement can be made to function as a…
NAND and NOR gates possess a special property: they are universal.…
What, exactly, is necessary to establish electrical continuity between…
