An unbalanced Wheatstone bridge cannot be solved using simple series…
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Calculate the equivalent resistance of up to six resistors in parallel with ease while learning how to calculate resistance in parallel and the parallel resistance formula.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a red LED flasher with a transistor drive to control the current and learn how to use transistors to provide current gain and how to limit LED current.
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The time constant of a series RC circuit is the product of the resistance and capacitance. Given two of the three values—resistance, capacitance, or RC time constant—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.
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A circuit with an inductor (L) and capacitor (C) connected in parallel or series will have a resonant frequency at which their impedances are equal. Given two of the three values—inductance, capacitance, or resonant frequency—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.
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The Q, or quality, factor of a resonant circuit is a measure of the…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a multiple LED flasher and learn how to use inductive flyback to generate a voltage pulse that is greater than the supply voltage.
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In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test digital circuits and learn the fundamentals of digital logic circuits, including gates, counters, logic levels, hysteresis, memory, and more.
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In this series of hands-on electronics experiments, build analog circuits, including amplifiers, comparators, oscillators, and more. Following the step-by-step instructions will help you understand and appreciate analog systems.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a blue LED flasher using a 555 timer and learn the basic theory of a voltage doubler using a transistor switch and a capacitor.
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This calculator will determine the instantaneous energy, sustained energy, and power consumed by an electrical system given two of the three electrical parameters (voltage, current, or resistance) and the time.
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Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
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Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a red LED flasher and learn a useful application of the versatile 555 timer IC.
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The instrumentation amplifier calculator will assist in the design and analysis of a conventional instrumentation amplifier circuit by calculating the required resistor values and gain.
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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The table method provides a structured methodology for ensuring you…
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Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…
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An electromechanical generator is a device capable of producing…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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When first approaching a failed or otherwise misbehaving system, the…
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Seeing as how a common meter movement can be made to function as a…
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Suppose we wanted to build a device that could add two binary bits…
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Definition of a Radical Given the expression where “x” is…
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Like all electrical and electronic components, transistors are limited…
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A transmission line of infinite length is an interesting abstraction,…
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Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
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Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
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The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…
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Early in my explorations of electricity, I came across a length of…
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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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A calculator for computing several parameters needed in the design of a flyback switch mode regulator
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The node voltage method of DC network analysis solves for unknown…
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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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Behaviors of Inductors wrapped around a Conductive Core Suppose we…
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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a broadside coupled stripline.
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a parallel resonant inductor-capacitor circuit and learn about oscillation, resonant frequency, and damping.
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During the early development of telephone technology, a unit was…
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In power distribution systems, it is very important to be able to…
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Logic circuits, whether comprised of electromechanical relays or…
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As was stated in the last chapter, there is more than one type of…
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Pure resistive AC circuit: voltage and current are in phase. …
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An electrical connector, is an electro-mechanical device used to join…
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Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…
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Diodes can perform switching and digital logic operations. Forward and…
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Power Capacity As has already been observed, transformers must be well…
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The armature windings of your DC motor will have very low resistance.…
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Although the prime intent of octal and hexadecimal numeration systems…
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What do you think this logic buffer gate will do, with the output…
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The fourth example has A partially overlapping B. Though, we will…
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As opposed to normal equations where the solution is a number, a…
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Programming a circuit simulation with SPICE is much like programming…
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A calculator designed to calculate the trace width of a stripline based on the maximum current rating
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