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…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Four 6 volt batteries One capacitor, 100 µF…
The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…
A semiconductor device is one made of silicon or any number of other…
What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…
What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
A handy tool for reading resistor color code values
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…
Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…
One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
Any kind of switch contact can be designed so that the contacts…
Since transformers are essentially AC devices, we need to be aware of…
NAND and NOR gates possess a special property: they are universal.…
A calculator for computing the inductance of a coaxial cable.
Long before the advent of digital electronic technology, computers…
Before we begin to explore the effects of resistors, inductors, and…
We’ve already seen one example of a monostable multivibrator in…
The Parallel Wires of Infinite Length Suppose, though, that we had a…
What is an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), and what…
“DC” stands for Direct Current, which can refer to either…
This tool is designed to convert power ratios to decibel
This calculator shows the peak-to-peak voltage (VP-P) value from the peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.
The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
Pure semiconductors are relatively good insulators as compared with…
With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…
This calculator computes the power received by an antenna using Friis formula
Our next transistor configuration to study is a bit simpler for gain…
With simple series circuits, all components are connected end-to-end…
Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the…
A calculator for computing the impedance of a wire stripline.
