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Programmable Logic Technology

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

Microprocessor Programming

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The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

Microprocessor Programming

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

Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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AC Motor Control Circuits

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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

Practical considerations - Digital Communication

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A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

Semiconductor Devices in SPICE

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The SPICE (Simulation Program, Integrated Circuit Emphesis)…

Microprocessor Programming

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The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

Microprocessor Programming

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

Negative Binary Numbers

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

Digital Communication

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

Programmable Logic Technology

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

Synchronous Counters

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

Embedded Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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

Quantum Devices

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

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.

Binary Overflow

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

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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

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.

Binary Subtraction

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

Decoder

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

Safety Grounding

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In simple AC power systems, one of the two conductors is typically…

Resistance

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The circuit in the previous section is not a very practical one. In…

Hysteresis

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Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…

Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors

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What is an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), and what…

Radicals

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Definition of a Radical Given the expression where “x” is…

AC Phase

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Things start to get complicated when we need to relate two or more AC…

Time Constant Calculations

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

Coefficients of Specific Resistance

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Specific resistance at 20o C:  Material Element/Alloy ohm-cmil/ft…

Karnaugh Mapping

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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…

Op-Amp Voltage and Gain Calculator

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A calculator for computing the gain and output voltage of an operational amplifier

Antiderivatives of Power Functions of e

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  Note: this is a very unique and useful property of e. As in…

The Junction Field-effect Transistor (JFET) as a Switch

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Like its bipolar cousin, the field-effect transistor may be used as an…

DC Bridge Circuits

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

Design Project: Event Counter

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If your event sensing switch is mechanical in nature, you will likely…

High-Reliability Circuits

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

Contributors (12)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Negative Feedback

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If we connect the output of an op-amp to its inverting input and apply…

RF Power Conversion Calculator

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A tool designed to convert RF power from watts to decibels and vice versa

Si Lab - Astable Multivibrator Audio Oscillator

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build an astable multivibrator (oscillator) circuit that provides an output in the audio frequency range and learn the effect of component values and supply voltage on oscillation frequency.

Finite-length Transmission Lines

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