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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Memory Devices

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

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Microcontroller Principles

Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

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Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Binary Overflow

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

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Synchronous Counters

What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…

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Digital Communication

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

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Decoder

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

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Look-up Tables

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

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Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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

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AC Motor Control Circuits

Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

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Si Lab - Intro to Discrete Semiconductor Circuits

In these hands-on semiconductor electronics experiments, learn to build and test circuits using discrete silicon (Si) devices, including diodes and transistors. Also, learn important circuit designs, including rectifiers, current mirrors, amplifiers, and oscillators.

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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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Flash ADC

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

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Binary Subtraction

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

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Programmable Logic Technology

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

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Introduction to Shift Registers

Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential…

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Practical considerations - Digital Communication

A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

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Binary Addition

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

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Microprocessor Programming

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

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Wire-by-Number project kit introduction

Wire-by-Number project: simple voltage divider Description: Build a…

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AC Lab - Introduction

In this series of hands-on electronics experiments, build alternating current (AC) circuits and learn about basic electrical engineering circuit concepts, including transformers, motors, phase shifts, signal coupling, and noise cancellation.

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An Analogy for Ohm’s Law

Ohm’s Law also makes intuitive sense if you apply it to the…

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Superposition Theorem

The superposition theorem is one of those strokes of genius that takes…

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Balanced Attenuator Calculator

This balanced attenuator calculator helps you determine the resistor (R1) values for a balanced attenuator.

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555 Lab - Schmitt Trigger

In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Schmitt trigger using a 555 timer and learn about hysteresis and the inner workings of the extremely versatile 555 timer IC.

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The Common-source Amplifier (IGFET)

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Special-purpose Diodes

Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…

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Intermediate Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…

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Microprocessors

Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…

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Temperature Converter

Convert between Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin

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Digital Logic Signals

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

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Likely Failures in Proven Systems

The following problems are arranged in order from most likely to least…

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Inductor Commutating Circuits

A popular use of diodes is for the mitigation of inductive…

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Inductor Transient Response

Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…

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Single-phase Power Systems

Single phase power system schematic diagram shows little about the…

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Delta-Sigma ADC

One of the more advanced ADC technologies is the so-called…

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Full-Adder

The half-adder is extremely useful until you want to add more than one…

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Kirchhoff’s Laws

Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…

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555 Lab - Introduction to the 555 Timer IC

In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test mixed-signal analog and digital circuits using the versatile 555 timer IC. These projects will teach you about RC time constants, duty cycle, transistor current drive, LEDs, voltage doublers, and more.

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