Finite State Machines

Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…

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Microcontroller Principles

Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

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Binary Overflow

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

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Negative Binary Numbers

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

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Look-up Tables

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

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Embedded Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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

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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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Noise Figure and Noise Temperature Calculator

This calculator computes the noise figure and noise temperature in a system

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Shift Registers

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Ammeter Design

Ammeters Measure Electrical Current A meter designed to measure…

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Wires and Connections

Older electrical schematics showed connecting wires crossing, while…

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Transistor Biasing Calculations

Although transistor switching circuits operate without bias, it is…

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Oscillator Circuits

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Switches

What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?

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Diode Switching Circuits

Diodes can perform switching and digital logic operations. Forward and…

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The Common-emitter Amplifier

At the beginning of this chapter, it illustrates how transistors could…

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Digital Lab - Basic 2-Input NAND Gate Circuit

In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test a 2-input digital NAND gate with LED indicators and learn to read pinout diagrams, power a digital IC, connect unused inputs and outputs, and use pulldown resistors.

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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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Si Lab - BJT Common-emitter Amplifier

In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, construct a common-emitter amplifier using a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) and learn about amplifier gain and feedback.

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Capacitors

Identify some of the different types of capacitors, and their…

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Millman’s Theorem

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Current Signal Systems

Current Source It is possible through the use of electronic amplifiers…

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Power Density Calculator

A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna

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Numbers and Symbols

The expression of numerical quantities is something we tend to take…

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IGFET Amplifiers

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Specific Resistance

Designing Wire Resistance Conductor ampacity rating is a crude…

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Battery Ratings

Because batteries create current flow in a circuit by exchanging…

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Counters

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From Electric to Electronic

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

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Permeability and Saturation

The nonlinearity of material permeability may be graphed for better…

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Emergency Response

Despite lock-out/tag-out procedures and multiple repetitions of…

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Historical, Nonmechanical Memory Technologies

Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A…

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Electrical Transients

This chapter explores the response of capacitors and inductors to…

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SPICE Models

The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…

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Copper Wire Gauge Table

Solid Copper Wire Table Size Diameter (inches) Cross-sectional area…

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Radar Maximum Range Calculator

This tool is designed to calculate the maximum distance (range) that a radar can detect

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OpAmp Oscillator Circuits

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Digital Lab - 3-bit Binary Counter

In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a 3-bit down counter using J-K flip-flops and learn about asynchronous counter functionality.

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Standing Waves and Resonance

Whenever there is a mismatch of impedance between transmission line…

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The Antiderivative (Indefinite Integral)

  Notice something important here: taking the derivative of f(x)…

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AC Voltmeters and Ammeters

AC electromechanical meter movements come in two basic arrangements:…

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High-pass Filters

A high-pass filter’s task is just the opposite of a low-pass…

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What is Norton’s Theorem and the Norton Equivalent Circuit?

This article explains the step-by-step process for determining the…

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What Are Electric Circuits?

You might have been wondering how charges can continuously flow in a…

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The Common-gate Amplifier (IGFET)

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Contributors (10)

Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

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Practical Considerations of ADC Circuits

Perhaps the most important consideration of an ADC is its resolution.…

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