Optical Data Communication

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

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Practical considerations - Digital Communication

A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

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Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Analog-to-Digital Conversion

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

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Digital Display Circuits

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

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Network Protocols

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

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Digital Communication

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Waveguides

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

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A 50-Ohm Cable?

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

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Networks and Busses

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

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Network Topology

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

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Passive Filter Circuits

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

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Microcontroller Principles

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Active Filters

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Summer and Subtractor OpAmp Circuits

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Time Constant Calculations

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TTL Logic Gates

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

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OpAmp Oscillator Circuits

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DC Bridge Circuits

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Data Flow

Buses and networks are designed to allow communication to occur…

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Snell’s Law Calculator

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.

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Series and Parallel AC Circuits

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Series-Parallel Combination AC Circuits

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Class A BJT Amplifiers

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Thyristor Application Circuits

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Regulated Power Sources

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Bipolar Junction Transistors in Active Mode

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DC Mesh Current Analysis

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Precise Diode Circuits

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Memory Devices

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Flip-Flop Circuits

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Electromechanical Relay Logic

In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…

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Digital Display Circuits

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

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Physiological Effects of Electricity

Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…

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Performance-Based Assessments for DC Circuit Competencies

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Beam Power Tubes

In the beam power tube, the basic four-element structure of the…

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Series and Parallel Inductors

When inductors are connected in series, the total inductance is the…

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Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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

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Contributors (1)

Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

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Biasing Techniques (IGFET)

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Other Diode Technologies

Varicap or varactor diodes A variable capacitance diode is known as a…

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Vol II. Credits

All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

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Transistors, Insulated-gate Field-effect (IGFET or MOSFET)

We have the symbols for depletion mode and enhancement mode MOSFETs -…

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Step-up and Step-down Transformers

So far, we’ve observed simulations of transformers where the…

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Asynchronous Flip-Flop Inputs

The normal data inputs to a flip flop (D, S and R, or J and K) are…

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Network Protocols

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

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Scientific Notation in SPICE

The SPICE circuit simulation computer program uses scientific notation…

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Battery Construction

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

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Transistors, Hybrid

In essence, the IGFET controls the base current of a BJT, which…

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Twisted-Pair Impedance Calculator

A tool designed to calculate the characteristic impedance of a twisted-pair cable

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Passive Filter Circuits

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

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Diodes

A diode is an electronics component made from a combination of a…

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T-Match Impedance Matching Circuits

A tool designed to compute the values to be used in a T-match Impedance Circuit

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