Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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…
Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…
The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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.
A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
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 logic.…
A handy all-in-one tool for reading resistor color code values for a 4 band resistor, 5 band resistor, or 6 band resistor.
Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
What do we do if we come across a circuit more complex than the simple…
In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…
In the beam power tube, the basic four-element structure of the…
When using conventional current flow, we can trace the direction of…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a parallel resonant inductor-capacitor circuit and learn about oscillation, resonant frequency, and damping.
While the binary numeration system is an interesting mathematical…
A similar effect happens in series inductive/capacitive circuits. When…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, construct a three-stage common-emitter amplifier using bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about multi-stage gain and feedback.
In electric circuits, the three basic quantities are voltage (E or V),…
This calculator computes the resonant frequency of a parallel inductor and capacitor "tank" circuit.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will create a battery from a potato (yes! a potato) and learn about the relationship between chemical energy and electric energy.
A transmission line of infinite length is an interesting abstraction,…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in parallel to power a light and learn the relationship between the individual battery currents and the total system current.
You might have noticed on the table for specific resistances that all…
The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was named because its operation…
Sometimes it is necessary to determine the length of time that a…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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