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ElectroStatic Discharge

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

Signal Modulation

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A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…

Instrumentation Amplifier Gain Calculator

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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.

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.

Pressure Unit Conversion Calculator

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

Kirchhoff’s Laws

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

Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

Bipolar Junction Transistors as Switches

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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…

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.

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.

Linear Computational Circuitry

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

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.

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.

Network Protocols

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

AC Lab - Large Induction Motor

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a large 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…

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.

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.

Relay Construction

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Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

Pressure Unit Conversion Calculator

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

Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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

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.

Kirchhoff’s Laws

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

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.

Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…

Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

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

Winding Configurations

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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…

The Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR)

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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…

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.

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…

Band-pass Filters

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How to Create Band-pass Filter There are applications where a…

Microstrip Max Current Calculator

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A calculator for solving the maximum current a microstrip can handle.

Depletion-type IGFETs

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Insulated gate field-effect transistors are unipolar devices just like…

Contributors (8)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

TTL Logic Gates

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

MESFETs

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Printed Circuit Board Layout and Manufacture

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When a PCB designer speaks of dimensions in thous or mils, what does…

AC Lab - Phase Shift in a Capacitive Circuit

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple RC circuit that demonstrates phase shift and learn how out-of-phase AC voltages do not add algebraically.

Balanced Attenuator Calculator

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This balanced attenuator calculator helps you determine the resistor (R1) values for a balanced attenuator.

Waveguides

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A waveguide is a special form of transmission line consisting of a…

DC Lab - Potentiometer Voltage Divider

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use potentiometers to vary a voltage and learn about voltage divider ratios and potentiometer applications.

Simple AC Circuit Calculations

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Over the course of the next few chapters, you will learn that AC…

Superposition Theorem

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The superposition theorem is one of those strokes of genius that takes…

Design Project: Telegraph System

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What voltage will you choose to use for each of the station batteries?

Edge Coupled Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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This tool helps calculate the impedance of an edge-coupled microstrip.

Capacitor Sizing Equation

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Capacitance Formula     Permittivity of Dielectric  …

Vol IV. Credits

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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

Introduction to Boolean Algebra

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Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the…

Successive Approximation ADC

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One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…

Introduction to Digital Communication

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In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…