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Microprocessor Programming

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

Microprocessor Programming

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The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

Programmable Logic Technology

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

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

Memory Devices

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

Synchronous Counters

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

Look-up Tables

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

Programmable Logic Technology

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

Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

Si Lab - Intro to Discrete Semiconductor Circuits

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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.

Microprocessor Programming

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The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

Digital Communication

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

Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Decoder

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

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

AC Motor Control Circuits

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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

Quantum Devices

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

Embedded Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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

Negative Binary Numbers

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

Pulse Width Modulation

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

Practical considerations - Digital Communication

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A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

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 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 logic.…

Digital Lab - S-R Latch With Enable Input using NAND Gates

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an S-R latch with an enabled input using four NAND gates and learn more about digital circuit functionality.

Radio Circuits

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(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…

Antenna Downtilt and Coverage Calculator

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This calculator will determine the correct antenna downtilt angle given the heights of the antennas and distance between them.

Harmonic Phase Sequences

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In the last section, we saw how the 3rd harmonic and all of its…

Magnetism

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A permanent magnet is a device that retains a magnetic field without…

Circuit Components

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Remember that this tutorial is not exhaustive by any means, and that…

The Triode

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

Basic Algebra and Graphing for Electric Circuits

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Many different equations used in the analysis of electric circuits may…

Factoring Equivalencies

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Factoring Identities :   a2 - b2 = (a + b) (a - b) a2 + 2ab + b2…

Pressure Unit Conversion Calculator

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This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.

Coax Impedance Calculator

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A helpful tool for calculating the impedance of a coaxial cable.

AC Lab - Musical Keyboard as a Signal Generator

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, an electronic musical keyboard will be used as a variable-frequency AC signal generator to learn the difference between AC amplitude and frequency.

Passive Filter Circuits

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In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…

Four-Channel Audio Mixer

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A very common misconception students have about potentiometers is the…

Why digital?

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Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…

Coil Inductance Calculator

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This calculator computes the inductance of a wire coil.

Early Tube History

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Thomas Edison, that prolific American inventor, is often credited with…

Sum-of-Products and Product-of-Sums Expressions

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

Coefficients of Specific Resistance

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

Basic Logic Gate Troubleshooting

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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…