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Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Digital Communication

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

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…

Look-up Tables

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

Practical considerations - Digital Communication

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A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

Microprocessor Programming

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The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

Programmable Logic Technology

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

Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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

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.

Decoder

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

AC Motor Control Circuits

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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

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 logic.…

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.

Quantum Devices

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Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…

Microprocessor Programming

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

Binary Addition

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

Pulse Width Modulation

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

Synchronous Counters

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

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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

Complex Circuits

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What do we do if we come across a circuit more complex than the simple…

Display Tubes

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

Beam Power Tubes

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In the beam power tube, the basic four-element structure of the…

Polarity of voltage drops

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When using conventional current flow, we can trace the direction of…

AC Lab - LC Tank Circuit

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a parallel resonant inductor-capacitor circuit and learn about oscillation, resonant frequency, and damping.

Digital Signals and Gates

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While the binary numeration system is an interesting mathematical…

Simple Series Resonance

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A similar effect happens in series inductive/capacitive circuits. When…

Si Lab - Multi-stage Amplifier

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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.

Magnetic Units of Measurement

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In electric circuits, the three basic quantities are voltage (E or V),…

LC Tank Circuit Resonance Calculator

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This calculator computes the resonant frequency of a parallel inductor and capacitor "tank" circuit.

DC Lab - Potato Battery

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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.

Finite-length Transmission Lines

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A transmission line of infinite length is an interesting abstraction,…

DC Lab - Parallel Batteries

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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.

Temperature Coefficient of Resistance

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You might have noticed on the table for specific resistances that all…

Bipolar Junction Transistors

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The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was named because its operation…

Solving for Unknown Time

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Sometimes it is necessary to determine the length of time that a…

Clipper and Clamper Circuits

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

The Common-gate Amplifier (JFET)

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Junction Field-effect Transistors

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The field effect transistor was proposed by Julius Lilienfeld in US…