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Programmable Logic Technology

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

Memory Devices

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

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

Microprocessor Programming

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The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

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.

Pulse Width Modulation

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

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

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.

Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Look-up Tables

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

Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

Binary Subtraction

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

Binary Addition

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

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…

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…

Embedded Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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

Memory Devices

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

Binary Overflow

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

Microprocessor Programming

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The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

Semiconductor Devices in SPICE

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The SPICE (Simulation Program, Integrated Circuit Emphesis)…

Digital Communication

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

Negative Binary Numbers

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

555 Lab - Oscillator With Hysteresis

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator with hysteresis from a Schmitt trigger and learn how to use it to create an RC oscillator and a method to configure a 555 timer as an astable multivibrator.

Digital Lab - 10-bit Flashing LED Sequencer

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test an automated circuit that sequentially flashes 10 LED, and learn about counters, frequency dividers, and switch debouncing.

Electron Tubes

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Cathode:   This is the electrode that is heated and emits the…

AC Instrumentation Transducers

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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…

More on AC “polarity”

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Complex numbers are useful for AC circuit analysis because they…

Counters

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

Si Lab - Zener Diode Voltage Regulator

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple DC voltage regulator circuit and learn how to use reverse-biased Zener diodes as voltage clamps.

Active-mode Operation (BJT)

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When a transistor is in the fully-off state (like an open switch), it…

Heat Sink Calculator

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This calculator helps determine the maximum temperature a device can withstand

Series-Parallel Combination AC Circuits

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

Special-purpose Diodes

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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…

Simultaneous Equations for Circuit Analysis

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

Attenuators

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What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…

Electrical Conduction in Semiconductors

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

CMOS Gate Circuitry

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Up until this point, our analysis of transistor logic circuits has…

Biasing Techniques (IGFET)

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Multimeters

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Seeing as how a common meter movement can be made to function as a…

Microprocessor Programming

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The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

Intro Lab - Resistor Power Dissipation

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will examine the heat generated by resistors and maybe even make one smoke! Also, learn to calculate power dissipation using Joule's law and resistor power ratings.

Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)

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What is Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)? The principle known as…