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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
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An LED resistance calculator is perfect for when you have a single LED and need to know which resistor you should use.
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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…
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(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…
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This tool is designed to calculate cross-talk coefficient and coupled voltage for a microstrip.
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Once again, when building battery/resistor circuits, the student or…
Convert to and from different units of length, weight, power, temperature and torque
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The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…
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This calculates values of the inductance, capacitance of an inductor and capacitor used in a Butterworth LC bandpass filter.
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Quantum physics describes the states of electrons in an atom according…
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Digital computers communicate with external devices through ports:…
This calculator computes the resonant frequency of a tank circuit
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