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A handy tool for reading resistor color code values
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With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…
A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…
Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
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Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential logic.…
A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
A semiconductor device is one made of silicon or any number of other…
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Three batteries, each one with a different voltage…
This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an embedded microstrip.
One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
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.
PARTS AND MATERIALS 4511 BCD-to-7seg latch/decoder/driver (Radio…
One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…
To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…
A tool designed to calculate the maximum speed, minimum time per step and maximum power of a stepper motor
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
If an electric current is passed through this wire, which direction…
What is an Operational Amplifier (Op-amp)? Operational Amplifiers,…
This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…
Because it takes energy to force charge to flow against the opposition…
You might have noticed on the table for specific resistances that all…
You may have wondered where we got that strange equation for the…
The most important component of your voltmeter will be the…
All About Contactors When a relay is used to switch a large amount of…
On this page, we’ll outline the three principles you should…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
What Is an Instrumentation Amplifier? An instrumentation amplifier…
The term “combinational” comes to us from mathematics. In…
