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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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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Up until this point, our analysis of transistor logic circuits has…
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Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…
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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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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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A Logic Gate is assigned as an elementary building block of…
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An unbalanced Wheatstone bridge cannot be solved using simple series…
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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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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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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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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
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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 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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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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The Q, or quality, factor of a resonant circuit is a measure of the…
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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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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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Shown here is a simplified representation of an atom: the smallest…
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The SPICE (Simulation Program, Integrated Circuit Emphesis)…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a precision potentiometer from three lower precision potentiometer and learn about voltage range compression and parameter interactions.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator with hysteresis from a Schmitt trigger and learn how to use it to create an RC oscillator and a method to configure a 555 timer as an astable multivibrator.
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What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…
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Let’s connect three AC voltage sources in series and use complex…
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When analyzing complex series and parallel circuits, it is easy to…
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Using an example, learn about the different bias techniques for junction field effect transistors (JFETs) like the constant voltage bias, self-bias configuration, and voltage divider biasing.
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The circuit in the previous section is not a very practical one. In…
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Wiring for AC and DC power distribution branch circuits are color…
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The table of electric currents and their various bodily effects was…
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This calculator determines the total path loss provided by an RF n-way power splitter.
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When lightning strikes, nearby magnetic compass needles may be seen to…
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In many disciplines of science and engineering, very large and very…
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RELATED WORKSHEETS: Calculus for Electric Circuits…
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How is it possible to electrically measure the torque output by a…
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Like all diodes, Shockley diodes are unidirectional devices; that is,…
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Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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Euler’s Number Euler’s constant is an important value for…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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A helpful tool for computing the Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of an antenna
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(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…
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This page provides a step-by-step introduction to using the mesh…
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This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.
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A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…
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“I consider that I understand an equation when I can predict the…
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Specific resistance at 20o C: Material Element/Alloy ohm-cmil/ft…
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What does it mean if an integrated circuit comes in DIP form? What…
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Note, Q3 and Q4 in the figure below are complementary, NPN and PNP…
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Periodic table of chemical elements.
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It is sometimes useful in logic circuits to have a multivibrator which…
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Before we begin to explore the effects of resistors, inductors, and…
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What will this voltmeter register when connected to a battery as shown…
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Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…
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This calculator is designed to compute the parameters required to design a Pi-Match Impedance Circuit
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a programmable non-inverting amplifier and learn how to use the negative feedback of an operational amplifier to control the gain.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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So far, we’ve explored tubes which are totally…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in series and learn the relationship between the individual battery voltages and the total series voltage.
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