The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Three batteries, each one with a different voltage…
With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…
A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…
A handy tool for reading resistor color code values
Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential logic.…
One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
A semiconductor device is one made of silicon or any number of other…
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
A high-pass filter’s task is just the opposite of a low-pass…
This calculator will compute the required resistor ratio (R2/R1) and reference voltage (VREF) to create the desired high (VTH) and low (VTL) threshold voltages in a non-inverting comparator circuit with hysteresis (commonly called a Schmitt trigger).
The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…
Using the same value components in our series example circuit, we will…
A common class of operation used in radio-frequency (RF) amplifier…
An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
A voltage multiplier is a specialized rectifier circuit…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two 6 volt batteries One capacitor, 470 µF…
Note that the direction of the arrow at the gate indicates the…
PARTS AND MATERIALS 6-volt battery Magnetic compass Small permanent…
The peak voltage calculator calculates peak voltage values from the peak-to-peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.
Synchronous motors load the power line with a leading power factor.…
A calculator for solving the maximum current a microstrip can handle.
A tool designed to calculate skin depth based on the conductive material being used and the frequency of the signal.
What will happen to the brightness of the light bulb as the iron core…
A calculator for computing the gain and output voltage of an operational amplifier
Devoting a whole chapter in a modern electronics text to the design…
In DC and low-frequency AC circuits, the characteristic impedance of…
A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…
While mention of operational amplifiers typically provokes visions of…
