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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an embedded microstrip.
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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…
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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.
One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
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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With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…
Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
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This calculator provides three options—basic, intermediate, and advanced—for determining expected battery life for microcontroller, Internet of Things (IoT), and edge processing systems with up to four different operating modes.
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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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Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…
Capacitors Vs. Resistors Capacitors do not behave the same as…
A helpful tool for calculating the impedance of a wire microstrip.
In the last section, we saw how the 3rd harmonic and all of its…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple AC permanent capacitor split-phase induction motor and learn the principles of AC induction motor function.
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As we’ve seen, negative feedback is an incredibly useful…
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Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…
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In an ideal case, an inductor acts as a purely reactive device. That…
It was discovered centuries ago that certain types of materials would…
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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a broadside coupled trace.
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Though mechanical ohmmeter (resistance meter) designs are rarely used…
Figure below shows a photodiode amplifier for measuring low levels of…
To express a quantity in a different metric prefix from how it was…
The most straightforward DC network analysis technique is the branch…
Inductors do not have a stable “resistance” as conductors…
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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.
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