Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
The SPICE (Simulation Program, Integrated Circuit Emphesis)…
A handy all-in-one tool for reading resistor color code values for a 4 band resistor, 5 band resistor, or 6 band resistor.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential…
The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
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.
Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…
The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…
What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an embedded microstrip.
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.
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an audio amplifier using a vacuum tube (triode) and learn about voltage transformers, how to build a high-voltage DC power supply, and how to use a transformer for impedance matching.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
The R/2R DAC circuit is an alternative to the binary-weighted-input…
What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…
The benefits of scientific notation do not end with ease of writing…
Design a passive circuit that will create a "split” ( V/-V) power…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a 12 V alternating current (AC) power supply using a step-down transformer and learn about transformer operation and the purpose of tapped windings.
In simple AC power systems, one of the two conductors is typically…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a null-balancing potentiometric voltmeter and learn how to prevent a voltmeter from changing the voltage it is measuring.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog integrator using an operational amplifier and learn about integration functions, op amp input bias currents, and how to limit the voltage swing of a potentiometer.
If we take the equivalent circuit of an SCR and add another external…
What does the acronym RF stand form, in reference to radio-related…
Mathematicians use Venn diagrams to show the logical relationships of…
Wiring for AC and DC power distribution branch circuits are color…
This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a wire loop.
This calculator will compute the required resistor ratio (R2/R1) and reference voltage (VREF) to create the desired high (VTH) and low (VTL) threshold voltages in a non-inverting comparator circuit with hysteresis (commonly called a Schmitt trigger).
Learn the Power Formula We’ve seen the formula for determining…
It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…
This calculator will convert voltage or power gains into decibels. Enter one of the three values and the calculator will output the other two.
What does the acronym RF stand form, in reference to radio-related…
Identify some of the different types of capacitors, and their…
What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…
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.
Electromechanical relays used to start and stop high-power electric…
This tool calculates a capacitor's reactance for a given capacitance value and signal frequency.
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.
This calculator computes the noise figure and noise temperature in a system
Label where each of the following electrical quantities would be found…
Feedback is a fascinating engineering principle. It can turn a rather…
Show how this ammeter would be connected to the light bulb circuit to…
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
In the previous section, we saw a circuit using one J-K flip-flop that…
This calculator calculates the free space loss, given the distance, frequency, and gain, between two antennas.
Over the course of the next few chapters, you will learn that AC…
In many disciplines of science and engineering, very large and very…
A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…
The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…
Power measurement in AC circuits can be quite a bit more complex than…
This chapter explores the response of capacitors and inductors to…