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

Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

Synchronous Counters

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

Embedded Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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

Binary Subtraction

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We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…

Introduction to Shift Registers

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Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential…

Microprocessor Programming

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What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…

Si Lab - Intro to Discrete Semiconductor Circuits

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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.

Memory Devices

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

Programmable Logic Technology

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

Practical considerations - Digital Communication

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A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

Decoder

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

DC Lab - An Analog Computer For Averaging

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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.

Look-up Tables

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

Resistor Color Code Calculator and Chart—4 Band, 5 Band, or 6 Band Resistors

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A handy all-in-one tool for reading resistor color code values for a 4 band resistor, 5 band resistor, or 6 band resistor.

Binary Overflow

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

Pulse Width Modulation

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

AC Motor Control Circuits

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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

Microprocessor Programming

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The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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

Negative Binary Numbers

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

Δ-Y and Y-Δ Conversions

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In many circuit applications, we encounter components connected…

Practical Power Factor Correction

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When the need arises to correct for poor power factor in an AC power…

Contributors (9)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Electrical Conduction in Semiconductors

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In any electrically conductive substance, what are charge carriers?…

Torque Conversion Calculator

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A tool designed to convert between units of torque

Table (landscape view)

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Periodic table of chemical elements.

TTL NAND and AND gates

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Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…

Optical Data Communication

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A modern alternative to sending (binary) digital information via…

Digital Lab - Basic 2-Input NAND Gate Circuit

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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.

Switches, Hand Actuated

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

Si Lab - Differential Amplifier

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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.

The Silicon-Controlled Switch (SCS)

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

Stripline Trace Width Calculator

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A calculator designed to calculate the trace width of a stripline based on the maximum current rating

Edge Coupled Stripline Impedance Calculator

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A calculator for computing the impedance of an edge coupled stripline.

Decibels Equations

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More on Spectrum Analysis

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Computerized Fourier analysis, particularly in the form of the FFT…

Single-ended and Differential Amplifiers

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For ease of drawing complex circuit diagrams, electronic amplifiers…

Contributors (1)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Square Root, Cube Root, and Nth Root Calculator

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This calculator will determine the square root, cube root, or nth root of a given number, x.

Digital Signals and Gates

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While the binary numeration system is an interesting mathematical…