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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.

Pressure Unit Conversion Calculator

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This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.

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.

Relay Construction

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Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…

Winding Configurations

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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…

Kirchhoff’s Laws

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Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…

Stepper Motors

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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…

AC Lab - Induction Motor

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple AC permanent capacitor split-phase induction motor and learn the principles of AC induction motor function.

High Voltage Ohmmeters

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Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…

Bipolar Junction Transistors as Switches

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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…

Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

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

DC Lab - Potentiometer as a Rheostat

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use a potentiometer as a variable resistor to control the speed of a motor and learn how to connect a potentiometer as a rheostat.

DC Lab - Thermoelectricity

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a thermocouple to measure temperature changes and learn about the Seebeck effect.

Network Topology

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

AC Instrumentation Transducers

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

Network Protocols

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Aside from the issues of the physical network (signal types and…

ElectroStatic Discharge

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At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…

Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

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.

Electrical Isolation

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SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…

RC Time Constant Calculator

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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.

AC Lab - Frequency Analysis

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use the frequency spectrum display from an oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn about spectral analysis.

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.

General Troubleshooting Tips

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When first approaching a failed or otherwise misbehaving system, the…

DC Lab - Rate-of-change Indicator

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog differentiator circuit that outputs a signal proportional to the rate-of-change and learn about one of the advantages of analog circuits.

Pressure Unit Conversion Calculator

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This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.

Simple Circuits

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Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…

DC Lab - Series Batteries

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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.

Stepper Motors

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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…

Basic Logic Gate Troubleshooting

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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…

Si Lab - Bipolar Transistor as a Switch

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) to switch an LED and learn about the current their amplification.

AC Resistor Circuits (Inductive)

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Instantaneous Values in AC Circuits Pure resistive AC circuit:…

Shift Registers: Parallel-in, Serial-out (PISO) Conversion

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Parallel-in/ serial-out shift registers do everything that the…

Digital Logic With Feedback

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With simple gate and combinational logic circuits, there is a definite…

Conductors, Insulators, and Electron Flow

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The electrons of different types of atoms have different degrees of…

Design Project: Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) Signal Generator

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What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…

Vol VI. Credits

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The following is a partial list of contributors to the current online…

Speed Distance Time Calculator

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This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.

Free Space Path Loss Calculator

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This calculator calculates the free space loss, given the distance, frequency, and gain, between two antennas.

Voltage Regulation

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As we saw in a few SPICE analyses earlier in this chapter, the output…