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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The Q, or quality, factor of a resonant circuit is a measure of the…
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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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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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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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Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…
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Up until this point, our analysis of transistor logic circuits has…
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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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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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The table method provides a structured methodology for ensuring you…
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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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Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
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A Logic Gate is assigned as an elementary building block of…
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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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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 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 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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An unbalanced Wheatstone bridge cannot be solved using simple series…
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What are Time-Delay Relays? Some relays are constructed with a kind of…
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The following is a partial list of contributors to the current online…
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Insulated gate field-effect transistors are unipolar devices just like…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a high-impedance voltmeter and learn about circuit loading and how to use op amps to reduce loading effects.
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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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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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A very useful tool for observing rotating objects is a strobe light.…
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It was discovered centuries ago that certain types of materials would…
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Temperature coefficient (α) per degree C: Material Element/Alloy…
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In our study of AC circuits thus far, we’ve explored circuits…
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Note: all angles (x) must be expressed in units of radians for these…
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Solve this equation for the value of x: x + 5 = 8 How many exact…
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What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…
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This tool is designed to calculate the maximum distance (range) that a radar can detect
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Mutual inductors are inductors that capitalize the effect of mutual…
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There are many different types of power sources, and here some of the…
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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for an inverting op-amp.
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Periodic table of chemical elements.
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A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…
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