Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
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 (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
A handy all-in-one tool for reading resistor color code values for a 4 band resistor, 5 band resistor, or 6 band resistor.
Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…
The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential…
What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…
A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an embedded microstrip.
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One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
The SPICE (Simulation Program, Integrated Circuit Emphesis)…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…
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.
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.
Cathode: This is the electrode that is heated and emits the…
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
Complex numbers are useful for AC circuit analysis because they…
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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.
When a transistor is in the fully-off state (like an open switch), it…
This calculator helps determine the maximum temperature a device can withstand
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
Solve this equation for the value of x: x + 5 = 8 How many exact…
What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…
In any electrically conductive substance, what are charge carriers?…
Up until this point, our analysis of transistor logic circuits has…
Seeing as how a common meter movement can be made to function as a…
The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
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.
What is Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)? The principle known as…