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Network Topology

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

A 50-Ohm Cable?

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Early in my explorations of electricity, I came across a length of…

Passive Filter Circuits

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In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…

Digital Display Circuits

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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…

Digital Communication

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Network Protocols

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

Optical Data Communication

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A modern alternative to sending (binary) digital information via…

Practical considerations - Digital Communication

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A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

Waveguides

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

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

Analog-to-Digital Conversion

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The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…

Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Networks and Busses

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The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is  called…

Superposition Theorem

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Series-Parallel Combination AC Circuits

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Active Filters

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AC Network Analysis

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DC Mesh Current Analysis

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Network Protocols

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

What is Network Analysis?

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The basic application of Ohm’s law to combinations of series and…

Characteristic Impedance

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Note the “50 ohm” rating printed on the jacket of the cable. What…

Multiplexers and Demultiplexers

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Memory Devices

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Class A BJT Amplifiers

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Timer Circuits

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Latch Circuits

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What do you think this logic buffer gate will do, with the output…

Basic AC-DC Power Supplies

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Kirchhoff’s Laws

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

Data Flow

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Buses and networks are designed to allow communication to occur…

Data - Resistance & Superconductor

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Tables of specific resistance and temperature coefficient of…

Performance-Based Assessments for Network Analysis Competencies

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Component Modeling

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When plotted on a curve tracer, the characteristic curve for a normal…

CMOS Logic Gates

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

Three-phase Transformer Circuits

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Since three-phase is used so often for power distribution systems, it…

Review of R, X, and Z (Resistance, Reactance and Impedance)

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Before we begin to explore the effects of resistors, inductors, and…

Contributors (4)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Thyristors

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Thyristors are a broad classification of bipolar-conducting…

Transistor Ratings and Packages (IGFET)

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Potentiometers

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Simultaneous Equations for Circuit Analysis

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Solve this equation for the value of x: x + 5 = 8 How many exact…

Contributors (15)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Peak Voltage Calculator

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The peak voltage calculator calculates peak voltage values from the peak-to-peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.

Parallel Circuits and the Application of Ohm’s Law

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In this introduction to parallel resistance circuits, we will explain…

Snell’s Law Calculator

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Given three of the four input parameters (refractive indices, angles of incidence, and refraction) this tool calculates the missing variable based on Snell's law.

Zener Diodes

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Stepper Motors

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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…

Voltage-to-Current Signal Conversion

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In instrumentation circuitry, DC signals are often used as analog…

The Unijunction Transistor (UJT)

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Unijunction transistor: Although a unijunction transistor is not a…

AC Lab - Introduction

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In this series of hands-on electronics experiments, build alternating current (AC) circuits and learn about basic electrical engineering circuit concepts, including transformers, motors, phase shifts, signal coupling, and noise cancellation.

Multimeters

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Seeing as how a common meter movement can be made to function as a…

Contributors (1)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Series Resistor-Inductor Circuits

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

Si Lab - JFET Current Regulator

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) current regulator and learn some of the advantages of JFETs over BJTs for current regulation.