The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
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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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The SPICE (Simulation Program, Integrated Circuit Emphesis)…
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Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…
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Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
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The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple circuit that computes the average of voltages and learn about analog computers and their application.
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One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
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A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…
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A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
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Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
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With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…
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Thomas Edison, that prolific American inventor, is often credited with…
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What do you think this logic buffer gate will do, with the output…
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Input impedance varies considerably with the circuit configuration…
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The singular reason for learning and using the binary numeration…
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At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
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Suppose we wished to measure the resistance of some component located…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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During the early development of telephone technology, a unit was…
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Constant Rule Rule of Sums Rule of…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
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This calculator calculates the free space loss, given the distance, frequency, and gain, between two antennas.
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“Garbage in, garbage out.” —Anonymous SPICE…
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Figure below shows a photodiode amplifier for measuring low levels of…
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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
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Bipolar transistors are constructed of a three-layer semiconductor…
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There are circumstances when you may need to analyze a DC reactive…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Things start to get complicated when we need to relate two or more AC…
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As with inductors, the ideal capacitor is a purely reactive device,…
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In electric circuits, the three basic quantities are voltage (E or V),…
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The half-adder is extremely useful until you want to add more than one…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a programmable non-inverting amplifier and learn how to use the negative feedback of an operational amplifier to control the gain.
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Fundamentally, an amplifier is a device that takes in a low-power…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a wire loop.
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To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…
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In addition to voltage and current, there is another important…
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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an embedded microstrip.
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Despite lock-out/tag-out procedures and multiple repetitions of…
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Ammeters Measure Electrical Current A meter designed to measure…
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This chapter explores the response of capacitors and inductors to…
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RELATED WORKSHEETS: Calculus for Electric Circuits…
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Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
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Because octal and hexadecimal numeration systems have bases that are…
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All About Contactors When a relay is used to switch a large amount of…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will construct a voltage detector with adjustable sensitivity and audio output, and you will learn a method for detecting small electrical signals without an oscilloscope.
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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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A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…
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