Decoder

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

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Binary Overflow

One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…

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Look-up Tables

Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…

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Microprocessor Programming

The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

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Negative Binary Numbers

With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…

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Quantum Devices

Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…

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Semiconductor Devices in SPICE

The SPICE (Simulation Program, Integrated Circuit Emphesis)…

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Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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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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Electrons and “holes’’

Pure semiconductors are relatively good insulators as compared with…

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Special Transformers and Applications

Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…

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Attenuators

What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…

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Analog Lab - Introduction

In this series of hands-on electronics experiments, build analog circuits, including amplifiers, comparators, oscillators, and more. Following the step-by-step instructions will help you understand and appreciate analog systems.

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Binary Count Sequence

If we examine a four-bit binary count sequence from 0000 to 1111, a…

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555 Lab - Schmitt Trigger

In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Schmitt trigger using a 555 timer and learn about hysteresis and the inner workings of the extremely versatile 555 timer IC.

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Digital Logic With Feedback

With simple gate and combinational logic circuits, there is a definite…

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Memory with moving parts: “Drives”

The earliest forms of digital data storage involving moving parts was…

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Single-ended and Differential Amplifiers

For ease of drawing complex circuit diagrams, electronic amplifiers…

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Regulated Power Sources

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

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Tachogenerators

An electromechanical generator is a device capable of producing…

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Performance-Based Assessments for Digital Circuit Competencies

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AC Lab - Phase Shift in a Capacitive Circuit

In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple RC circuit that demonstrates phase shift and learn how out-of-phase AC voltages do not add algebraically.

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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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Thevenin’s, Norton’s, and Maximum Power Transfer Theorems

Suppose a 12 volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 20…

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The Shockley Diode

Our exploration of thyristors begins with a device called the…

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Si Lab - Full-wave Center-tap Rectifier

In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave rectifier for AC to DC conversion and learn about center-tapped transformers.

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Polyphase Motor Design

AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…

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Electron Tubes

Cathode:   This is the electrode that is heated and emits the…

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Electron Activity in Chemical Reactions

So far in our discussions on electricity and electric circuits, we…

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Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…

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Resistor Color Codes

Try out our Resistor Color Code Calculator in our Tools section.…

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RF Power Conversion Calculator

A tool designed to convert RF power from watts to decibels and vice versa

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Power in Resistive and Reactive AC circuits

Consider a circuit for a single-phase AC power system, where a 120…

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Operational Amplifier Models

While mention of operational amplifiers typically provokes visions of…

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Peak, Average, and RMS Measurements

How is it possible to assign a fixed value of voltage or current (such…

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Hand Calculator Use

To enter numbers in scientific notation into a hand calculator, there…

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Circuits and the Speed of Light

Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…

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Op-Amp Voltage and Gain Calculator

A calculator for computing the gain and output voltage of an operational amplifier

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AC Lab - Automotive Alternator as AC Generator

In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an automotive alternator to generate three-phase AC voltage and learn how alternators can function as both generators and motors.

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Octal and Hexadecimal Numeration

Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…

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Common Derivatives

    RELATED WORKSHEETS: Calculus for Electric Circuits…

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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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Performance-Based Assessments for Analog Integrated Circuit Competencies

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Lorentz Force Calculator

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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“Long’’ and “Short’’ Transmission Lines

In DC and low-frequency AC circuits, the characteristic impedance of…

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Switch Types

Though it may seem strange to cover the elementary topic of electrical…

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Inductance

∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! One of the fundamental principles of…

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Computer Simulation of Electric Circuits

Computers can be powerful tools if used properly, especially in the…

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