Digital Communication

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Binary Addition

The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…

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Programmable Logic Technology

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

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Decoder

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

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AC Motor Control Circuits

Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

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DC Lab - An Analog Computer For Averaging

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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Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

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Finite State Machines

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

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Introduction to SPICE

“With Electronics Workbench, you can create circuit schematics…

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DC Lab - Current Divider

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build resistive current dividers and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's current law function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.

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Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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

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Octal and Hexadecimal Numeration

Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…

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Coefficients of Specific Resistance

Specific resistance at 20o C:  Material Element/Alloy ohm-cmil/ft…

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Gate Universality

NAND and NOR gates possess a special property: they are universal.…

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Display Tubes

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

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Right Triangle Trigonometry

  A right triangle is defined as having one angle precisely…

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Parallel DC Circuits Practice Worksheet With Answers

In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of voltage…

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Overcurrent Protection

What hazards might be posed by a circuit with excessive current going…

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Special Diodes

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

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Linear Computational Circuitry

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

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Voltmeter Impact on Measured Circuit

Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…

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Critical Temperatures for Superconductors

Critical temperatures given in Kelvins Material Element/Alloy Critical…

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Field-effect-controlled Thyristors

Two relatively recent technologies designed to reduce the…

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AC Lab - Sensitive Voltage Detector with Audio Output

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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Microphones

Explain how a moving-coil, or dynamic microphone works. Identify how…

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MESFETs

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Ring Counters

If the output of a shift register is fed back to the input. a ring…

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Basic Voltmeter Use

What will this voltmeter register when connected to a battery as shown…

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AC Lab - Build a Transformer

In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple transformer and learn some important transformer fundamentals including voltage step-up and step-down.

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Memory with moving parts: “Drives”

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

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Tube Parameters

For bipolar junction transistors, the fundamental measure of…

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Intro Lab - Electromagnetic Induction

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will learn about electromagnetic induction using an electromagnet and a permanent magnet.

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Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)

What is Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)? The principle known as…

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Four-Channel Audio Mixer

A very common misconception students have about potentiometers is the…

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Op-Amp Practical Considerations

Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…

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Mutual Inductance

When an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, what…

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Inductor Transient Response

Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…

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Voltage Divider Calculator

The voltage divider is a circuit used to create a voltage less than or equal to the input voltage.

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Calculus for Electric Circuits

∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…

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Design Project: Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) Signal Generator

What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…

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Conversion From Decimal Numeration

Because octal and hexadecimal numeration systems have bases that are…

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Thyristors

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

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Karnaugh Maps, Truth Tables, and Boolean Expressions

Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…

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Flyback Switch Mode Regulator Calculator

A calculator for computing several parameters needed in the design of a flyback switch mode regulator

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Digital Logic Functions

We can construct a simple logic functions for our hypothetical lamp…

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Active-mode Operation (BJT)

When a transistor is in the fully-off state (like an open switch), it…

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Contributors (14)

Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

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Kirchhoff’s Current Law (KCL)

What Is Kirchhoff’s Current Law? Kirchhoff’s Current Law,…

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