Microcontroller Principles

Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

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Quantum Devices

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

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Microprocessor Programming

The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

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Memory Devices

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

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Programmable Logic Technology

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

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Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Quantum Devices

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

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Digital Communication

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

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Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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

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Embedded Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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

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Binary Addition

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

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Microcontroller Principles

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Binary Subtraction

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

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Si Lab - Intro to Discrete Semiconductor Circuits

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.

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Introduction to Shift Registers

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

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Decoder

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

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Practical considerations - Digital Communication

A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

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Microprocessor Programming

The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

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Pulse Width Modulation

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

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Synchronous Counters

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

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Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

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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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Negative Binary Numbers

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

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AC Motor Control Circuits

Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

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Memory Devices

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Semiconductor Devices in SPICE

The SPICE (Simulation Program, Integrated Circuit Emphesis)…

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Valence and Crystal Structure

Valence: The electrons in the outermost shell, or valence shell, are…

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Broadside Coupled Stripline Impedance Calculator

This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a broadside coupled stripline.

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Open-Loop OpAmp Circuits

Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…

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Demultiplexers

A demultiplexer, sometimes abbreviated dmux, is a circuit that has one…

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Tube Lab - Vacuum Tube Audio Amplifier

In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an audio amplifier using a vacuum tube (triode) and learn about voltage transformers, how to build a high-voltage DC power supply, and how to use a transformer for impedance matching.

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Inductance, Reactance, and Admittance Calculator

This calculator gives the reactance and admittance of an inductor or the inductance given the reactance of an inductor

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Critical Temperatures for Superconductors

Critical temperatures given in Kelvins Material Element/Alloy Critical…

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Time Constant Circuits

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

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Microstrip Patch Antenna Calculator

This tool calculates the dimensions of the microstrip patch antenna given the desired operating frequency.

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Square Wave Signals

It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…

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The Exclusive-OR Function: The XOR Gate

What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…

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Wiring Color Codes

Wiring for AC and DC power distribution branch circuits are color…

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Stripline Crosstalk Calculator

This tool is designed to calculate cross-talk coefficient and coupled voltage for a stripline

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Feedback

If some percentage of an amplifier’s output signal is connected…

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The R/2R DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter)

The R/2R DAC circuit is an alternative to the binary-weighted-input…

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Bridged-Tee Attenuator Calculator

This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a bridged-tee attenuator.

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Resistivity Calculator

This calculator calculates the resistivity of a component based on its resistance value, length, and cross-sectional area.

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The Triode

De Forest’s Audion tube came to be known as the triode tube…

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Current Mirror BJTs

Bipolar Junction Transistor or BJT Current Mirror An often-used…

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Tubes versus Semiconductors

Devoting a whole chapter in a modern electronics text to the design…

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