Microprocessor Programming

The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

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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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Microcontroller Principles

Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

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

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

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Embedded Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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

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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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Memory Devices

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

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Microcontroller Principles

Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

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Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Practical considerations - Digital Communication

A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

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Quantum Devices

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

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Decoder

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

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Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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

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Introduction to Shift Registers

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

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Finite State Machines

Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…

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Digital Communication

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

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Binary Overflow

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

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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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Pulse Width Modulation

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

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Microprocessor Programming

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

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Flash ADC

Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…

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Negative Binary Numbers

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

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Magnetic Fields and Inductance

Whenever electrons flow through a conductor, a magnetic field will…

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Simultaneous Equations for Circuit Analysis

Solve this equation for the value of x: x + 5 = 8 How many exact…

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Contributors (4)

Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

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Properties of Exponents

Product of Powers Property am an = am+n   Power of a Product…

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Multi-Stage Transistor Amplifiers

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

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Contributors (13)

Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

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Lenz’s Law and Faraday’s Law Calculator

This calculator uses Faraday's and Lenz's laws to calculate the magnitude and polarity of the induced electromotive force (EMF) caused by a change in magnetic flux through a closed-loop coil.

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DC Lab - Precision Potentiometer

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a precision potentiometer from three lower precision potentiometer and learn about voltage range compression and parameter interactions.

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Performance-Based Assessments for AC Circuit Competencies

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Waveguide Calculator (Circular)

This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a circular waveguide

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Divided Feedback

If we add a voltage divider to the negative feedback wiring so that…

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Shift Registers

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

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Characteristic Impedance

Note the “50 ohm” rating printed on the jacket of the cable. What…

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Series and Parallel AC Circuits

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

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Step-up and Step-down Transformers

So far, we’ve observed simulations of transformers where the…

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Safe Practices

If at all possible, shut off the power to a circuit before performing…

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Octal and Hexadecimal to Decimal Conversion

Although the prime intent of octal and hexadecimal numeration systems…

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Don’t Care Cells in the Karnaugh Map

Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…

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Simulating JFET Circuits Using LTspice

Learn about junction field effect transistors (JFETs), their equations, and how to model and simulate JFETs in LTspice.

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Metric Prefix Conversions

To express a quantity in a different metric prefix from how it was…

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