Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
Aside from the issues of the physical network (signal types and…
The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…
Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…
Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…
The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is called…
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…
PARTS AND MATERIALS One 12AX7 dual triode vacuum tube Two power…
At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…
Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
Point-to-Point Connecting two digital devices with a network, would…
Starting with circle A in a rectangular A’ universe in figure…
What does the normal status of an electrical switch refer to?…
Identify which trigonometric functions (sine, cosine, or tangent) are…
If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…
A handy tool for reading resistor color code values
If we take three equal resistors and connect one end of each to a…
TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…
Parts and Materials Multimeter, digital or analog Assorted resistors…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
Consider a circuit for a single-phase AC power system, where a 120…
The electrical resistance of a conductor at any temperature may be…
Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…
The concept of a mathematical power is familiar to most students of…
Devoting a whole chapter in a modern electronics text to the design…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
This calculator calculates the free space loss, given the distance, frequency, and gain, between two antennas.
What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
PARTS AND MATERIALS 4011 quad NAND gate (Radio Shack catalog #…
A permanent magnet is a device that retains a magnetic field without…
What does it mean if an integrated circuit comes in DIP form? What…
A switch is an electrical component that can “make” or…
Standing waves at the resonant frequency points of an open- or…
In the previous section, we saw a circuit using one J-K flip-flop that…
Add the following binary numbers:
The choice of step-down transformers to use in a project such as this…
This tool is designed to calculate the value of resistance R1 in a reflection attenuator.
If your event sensing switch is mechanical in nature, you will likely…
PARTS AND MATERIALS 6 volt battery Power transformer, 120VAC step-down…
Insulated gate field-effect transistors are unipolar devices just like…
Current Source It is possible through the use of electronic amplifiers…
Metric Prefixes Yotta = 1024 Symbol: Y Zetta = 1021 Symbol: Z…
A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…
Seeing as how a common meter movement can be made to function as a…
In many disciplines of science and engineering, very large and very…
Centuries ago, it was discovered that certain types of mineral rock…
Synchronous motors load the power line with a leading power factor.…
The voltage divider is a circuit used to create a voltage less than or equal to the input voltage.
PARTS AND MATERIALS Low-voltage AC power supply Bridge rectifier pack…
Up until this point, our analysis of transistor logic circuits has…
