Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an embedded microstrip.
We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…
Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential…
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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.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…
A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
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.
Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
A handy all-in-one tool for reading resistor color code values for a 4 band resistor, 5 band resistor, or 6 band resistor.
One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…
In many circuit applications, we encounter components connected…
When the need arises to correct for poor power factor in an AC power…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
In any electrically conductive substance, what are charge carriers?…
A tool designed to convert between units of torque
Periodic table of chemical elements.
Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…
A modern alternative to sending (binary) digital information via…
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.
A switch is an electrical component that can “make” or…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a BJT differential amplifier and learn about a fundamental building block that is the basis of most operational amplifiers.
If we take the equivalent circuit of an SCR and add another external…
A calculator designed to calculate the trace width of a stripline based on the maximum current rating
A calculator for computing the impedance of an edge coupled stripline.
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This calculator will determine the square root, cube root, or nth root of a given number, x.
While the binary numeration system is an interesting mathematical…