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 handy tool for reading resistor color code values
We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…
The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an embedded microstrip.
Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential logic.…
The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Four 6 volt batteries One capacitor, 100 µF…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Three batteries, each one with a different…
A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
A parallel circuit is often called a current divider for its ability…
We’ve already seen one example of a monostable multivibrator in…
Superposition theorem is one of those strokes of genius that takes a…
Wiring Color Codes Infographic. Released under the Creative Commons…
By introducing electrical reactance into the feedback loops of an…
Radio waves are comprised of oscillating electric and magnetic fields,…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Insulated gate field-effect transistors are unipolar devices just like…
PARTS AND MATERIALS AC power source: 120VAC Capacitor, 3.3 µF…
All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
As versatile as electromechanical relays can be, they do suffer many…
The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…
A helpful analogy for understanding divided feedback amplifier…
A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…
Power Equation of Ohm’s Law and Joule’s Law NOTE: the…
Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…
This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
PARTS AND MATERIALS Operational amplifier, model 1458 or 353…
