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Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two AAA Batteries Battery Clip (Radio Shack…
A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two AAA Batteries Battery Clip (Radio Shack…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two AAA Batteries Battery Clip (Radio Shack…
An LED resistance calculator is perfect for when you have a single LED and need to know which resistor you should use.
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two 6-volt batteries One NPN transistor—models…
What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…
What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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PARTS AND MATERIALS Two AAA Batteries Battery Clip (Radio Shack…
Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Conductors lose all of their electrical resistance when cooled to…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Low-voltage AC power supply Bridge rectifier pack…
A tool designed to calculate skin depth based on the conductive material being used and the frequency of the signal.
If at all possible, shut off the power to a circuit before performing…
Why learn about Karnaugh maps? The Karnaugh map, like Boolean…
PARTS AND MATERIALS 4511 BCD-to-7seg latch/decoder/driver (Radio…
This calculator computes the resonant frequency of a tank circuit
In the simplest terms you can think of, define what an electrical…
This balanced attenuator calculator helps you determine the resistor (R1) values for a balanced attenuator.
Because capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, they…
PARTS AND MATERIALS One NPN transistor—models 2N2222 or 2N3403…
Determine if the light bulb will de-energize for each of the following…
As was previously mentioned, we need more than just a continuous path…
Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…
So far, we’ve explored tubes which are totally…
Note: all angles (x) must be expressed in units of radians for these…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two 6-volt batteries Four NPN…
With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…
Solve this equation for the value of x: x 5 = 8 How many exact…
A very common misconception students have about potentiometers is the…
In designing digital circuits, the designer often begins with a truth…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Low-voltage AC power supply (6-volt output)…
Has the system ever worked before? If yes, has anything happened to…
PARTS AND MATERIALS One 12AX7 dual triode vacuum tube Two power…
After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…
This collection of wires that I keep referring to between the tank…
A tool designed to calculate the maximum speed, minimum time per step and maximum power of a stepper motor
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Generally speaking, network analysis is any structured technique used…
If we want to connect two digital devices with a network, we would…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
Devoting a whole chapter in a modern electronics text to the design…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Paper tube, from a toilet-paper roll Bar of iron…
This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
Despite lock-out/tag-out procedures and multiple repetitions of…
What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…
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Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
If we connect the output of an op-amp to its inverting input and apply…
As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…
