This video provides an introduction to the internal components of typical smoke detectors.
Part 1 of this series provides an overview of the basics of an FMEDA and its usefulness in system…
What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…
What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
A handy tool for reading resistor color code values
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Four 6 volt batteries One capacitor, 100 µF…
A semiconductor device is one made of silicon or any number of other…
Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential logic.…
One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
The SPICE (Simulation Program, Integrated Circuit Emphesis)…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
This calculator calculates the RMS Voltage value from either the peak voltage, the peak-to-peak voltage, or the average voltage.
Power in an electric circuit is the product (multiplication) of…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Since the enable input on a gated S-R latch provides a way to latch…
This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an asymmetric stripline
Passive Devices Components incapable of controlling current by means…
De Forest’s Audion tube came to be known as the triode tube…
Superconducting devices, though not widely used, have some unique…
If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Steel flat bar, 4 pieces Miscellaneous bolts,…
The first and most straightforward network analysis technique is…
Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
A parallel circuit is often called a current divider for its ability…
Two relatively recent technologies designed to reduce the…
Let’s count from zero to twenty using four different kinds of…
For extremely high-frequency applications (above 1 GHz), the…
“DC” stands for Direct Current, which can refer to either…
Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Low-voltage AC power supply Bridge rectifier pack…
