Microcontroller Principles

Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

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Microprocessor Programming

The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

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Programmable Logic Technology

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

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Microprocessor Programming

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

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Decoder

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

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Binary Addition

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

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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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Practical considerations - Digital Communication

A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

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Embedded Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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

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Negative Binary Numbers

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

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Memory Devices

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

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AC Motor Control Circuits

Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

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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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Binary Overflow

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

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Binary Subtraction

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

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Flash ADC

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

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Digital Communication

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

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Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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

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Look-up Tables

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

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Programmable Logic Technology

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

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DC Lab - An Analog Computer For Averaging

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.

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Finite State Machines

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

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Pulse Width Modulation

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

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Non-Inverting Op-Amp Resistor Calculator

This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for a non-inverting Op-Amp

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AC Instrumentation Transducers

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

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Metric Prefixes and Unit Conversions

Metric Prefixes   Yotta = 1024 Symbol: Y Zetta = 1021 Symbol: Z…

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Ohm’s Law Calculator

Calculate circuit parameters using Ohm's Law

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Digital Logic Signals

A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…

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Broadside Coupled Stripline Impedance Calculator

This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a broadside coupled stripline.

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What is the Relationship Between Conductance and Resistance?

The concept and measurement units of resistance are most often used…

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Encoder

What is an Encoder? An encoder is a circuit that changes a set of…

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Voltage-to-Current Signal Conversion

In instrumentation circuitry, DC signals are often used as analog…

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LC Resonant Frequency Calculator

A circuit with an inductor (L) and capacitor (C) connected in parallel or series will have a resonant frequency at which their impedances are equal. Given two of the three values—inductance, capacitance, or resonant frequency—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.

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Wire Microstrip Impedance Calculator

A helpful tool for calculating the impedance of a wire microstrip.

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Electrical Conduction in Semiconductors

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

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Timer Circuits

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

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Electrical Transients

This chapter explores the response of capacitors and inductors to…

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Inductance, Reactance, and Admittance Calculator

This calculator gives the reactance and admittance of an inductor or the inductance given the reactance of an inductor

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Likely Failures in Unproven Systems

“All men are liable to error;” —John Locke Whereas…

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Link Budget Calculator

A Link Budget puts into account all gains and losses a signal goes through in a system as it is transmitted. The calculator calculates the power of the received signal given amplifier and antenna gains, and medium loss.

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Metric Notation

The metric system, besides being a collection of measurement units for…

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Harmonic Phase Sequences

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

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Transistors, Hybrid

In essence, the IGFET controls the base current of a BJT, which…

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