Synchronous Counters

What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…

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Programmable Logic Technology

Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…

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Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…

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Practical considerations - Digital Communication

A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

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Pulse Width Modulation

Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…

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Digital Communication

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

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Decoder

A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…

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Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

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Embedded Microstrip Impedance Calculator

This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an embedded microstrip.

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Scientific Notation in SPICE

The SPICE circuit simulation computer program uses scientific notation…

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Low-pass Filters

By definition, a low-pass filter is a circuit offering easy passage to…

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Microcontroller Principles

Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

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Tube Lab - Vacuum Tube Audio Amplifier

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.

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IGBTs

Because of their insulated gates, IGFETs of all types have extremely…

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Wavelength (TEM) Calculator

This calculator determines the wavelength of a signal given the frequency and dielectric constant.

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The Silicon-Controlled Switch (SCS)

If we take the equivalent circuit of an SCR and add another external…

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AC Capacitor Circuits

Capacitors Vs. Resistors Capacitors do not behave the same as…

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Performance-Based Assessments for Analog Integrated Circuit Competencies

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Contributors (9)

Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

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Review of R, X, and Z (Resistance, Reactance and Impedance)

Before we begin to explore the effects of resistors, inductors, and…

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Transistor Ratings and Packages (JFET)

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From Electric to Electronic

Introduction This third volume of the book series Lessons In Electric…

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Signal Modulation

A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…

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Analog Lab - Class B Audio Amplifier

In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Class B push-pull audio amplifier to drive a speaker and learn about crossover distortion and how to minimize it using negative feedback.

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Arithmetic Properties

Associative Property In addition and multiplication, terms may be…

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Digital Communication

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

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Design Project: DC Motor

The armature windings of your DC motor will have very low resistance.…

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Si Lab - Multi-stage Amplifier

In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, construct a three-stage common-emitter amplifier using bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about multi-stage gain and feedback.

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Switches, Hand Actuated

A switch is an electrical component that can “make” or…

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Solid-state Relays

Limitations of Electromechanical Relays As versatile as…

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Factoring Equivalencies

Factoring Identities :   a2 - b2 = (a + b) (a - b) a2 + 2ab + b2…

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Simple Circuits

Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…

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Metric Notation

The metric system, besides being a collection of measurement units for…

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The Common-source Amplifier (IGFET)

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Common Antiderivatives

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Shift Registers: Serial-in, Serial-out

Serial-in, serial-out shift registers delay data by one clock time for…

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Broadside Coupled Stripline Impedance Calculator

This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a broadside coupled stripline.

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Basic Operational Amplifiers

Determine the output voltage polarity of this op-amp (with reference…

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Band Theory of Solids

Quantum physics describes the states of electrons in an atom according…

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The DIAC

Like all diodes, Shockley diodes are unidirectional devices; that is,…

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Digital Lab - 10-bit Flashing LED Sequencer

In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test an automated circuit that sequentially flashes 10 LED, and learn about counters, frequency dividers, and switch debouncing.

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Conventional Transistor Overview and Special Transistors

A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…

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Design Project: Simple Component Curve-Tracer Circuit

What do each of the oscilloscope axes represent, in real-life terms…

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DC Lab - Rate-of-change Indicator

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog differentiator circuit that outputs a signal proportional to the rate-of-change and learn about one of the advantages of analog circuits.

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Battery Ratings

Because batteries create current flow in a circuit by exchanging…

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Servo Motor Systems

Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…

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Series-parallel R, L, and C

Now that we’ve seen how series and parallel AC circuit analysis…

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Display Tubes

In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…

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