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AC Instrumentation Transducers

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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…

Tube Lab - Vacuum Tube Audio Amplifier

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an audio amplifier using a vacuum tube (triode) and learn about voltage transformers, how to build a high-voltage DC power supply, and how to use a transformer for impedance matching.

Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…

Lorentz Force Calculator

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This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.

Winding Configurations

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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…

Wheatstone Bridge Calculator

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This calculator helps determine the resistance of a variable resistor within a Wheatstone bridge circuit or the differential voltage created across the bridge terminals.

AC Lab - Sensing AC Magnetic Fields

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will sense AC magnetic fields using a simple wire coil and learn about AC signal coupling, orientation effects, and the impact of shielding using different materials.

Parallel Resistor Calculator

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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.

Network Topology

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Point-to-Point Connecting two digital devices with a network, would…

Battery Construction

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The word battery simply means a group of similar components. In…

Voltage Divider Circuits

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Conversion From Decimal Numeration

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Because octal and hexadecimal numeration systems have bases that are…

Properties of Exponents

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Product of Powers Property am an = am+n   Power of a Product…

Rectangle Loop Inductance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a rectangle loop.

Flyback Switch Mode Regulator Calculator

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A calculator for computing several parameters needed in the design of a flyback switch mode regulator

Tube Lab - Vacuum Tube Audio Amplifier

Textbook

In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an audio amplifier using a vacuum tube (triode) and learn about voltage transformers, how to build a high-voltage DC power supply, and how to use a transformer for impedance matching.

Basic Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

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When lightning strikes, nearby magnetic compass needles may be seen to…

Building Resistor Circuits Using Breadboards, Perfboards, and Terminal Strips

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Over the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…

Series-Parallel Combination AC Circuits

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Series Resistor-Inductor Circuits

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In the previous section, we explored what would happen in simple…

Solving Series and Parallel Circuits With the Table Method and Ohm’s Law

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The table method provides a structured methodology for ensuring you…

Half-Adder

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As a first example of useful combinational logic, let’s build a…

Slope (integrating) ADC

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So far, we’ve only been able to escape the sheer volume of…

Boolean Arithmetic

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Let us begin our exploration of Boolean algebra by adding numbers…

Amplifiers

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Practical Benefit of Active Devices The practical benefit of active…

Inductor Quirks

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In an ideal case, an inductor acts as a purely reactive device. That…

The Common-source Amplifier (IGFET)

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More on Spectrum Analysis

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Computerized Fourier analysis, particularly in the form of the FFT…

An Electric Pendulum

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Capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, and…

Fundamentals of SPICE programming

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Programming a circuit simulation with SPICE is much like programming…

Valence and Crystal Structure

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Valence: The electrons in the outermost shell, or valence shell, are…

Intro Lab - Circuit With a Switch

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will control a light with a switch and learn the basics of connecting toggle (on/off) switches into circuits.

Voltmeter Design

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As was stated earlier, most meter movements are sensitive devices.…

JFET Quirks

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Insulated-gate Field-effect Transistors (MOSFET)

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The Insulated-Gate Field-Effect Transistor (IGFET), also known as…

AC Capacitor Circuits

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Capacitors Vs. Resistors Capacitors do not behave the same as…

Intro Lab - Nonlinear Resistance

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will compare the resistance of a lamp filament in its on and off states and learn about nonlinear resistances by applying Ohm's law.

Copper Wire Gauge Table

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Solid Cooper Wire Table Size Diameter (inches) Cross-sectional area…

DC Bridge Circuits

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

CMOS Gate Circuitry

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Up until this point, our analysis of transistor logic circuits has…

Four-Channel Audio Mixer

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A very common misconception students have about potentiometers is the…

Thevenin’s, Norton’s, and Maximum Power Transfer Theorems

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Suppose a 12 volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 20…

Nonlinear Conduction

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“Advances are made by answering questions. Discoveries are made…

The Pentode

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Another strategy for addressing the problem of secondary electrons…

Impedance

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Switches, Hand Actuated

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A switch is an electrical component that can “make” or…

Electrical Signal Types

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With BogusBus, our signals were very simple and straightforward: each…

AC Waveforms

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When an alternator produces AC voltage, the voltage switches polarity…

Magnetic Units of Measurement

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If the burden of two systems of measurement for common quantities…