In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a multiple LED flasher and learn how to use inductive flyback to generate a voltage pulse that is greater than the supply voltage.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a red LED flasher and learn a useful application of the versatile 555 timer IC.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in parallel to power a light and learn the relationship between the individual battery currents and the total system current.
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use an LED as a light-sensitive photodetector and learn how to use a bipolar transistor in a common-emitter amplifier configuration.
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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
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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.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a red LED flasher with a transistor drive to control the current and learn how to use transistors to provide current gain and how to limit LED current.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test an automated circuit that sequentially flashes 10 LED, and learn about counters, frequency dividers, and switch debouncing.
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A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
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It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
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If we were to express the series-connected DC voltages as phasors…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a blue LED flasher using a 555 timer and learn the basic theory of a voltage doubler using a transistor switch and a capacitor.
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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
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This series LED resistance calculator is perfect for when you have a single LED or a number of the same color of LEDs in series and need to know which resistor you should use.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a battery-operated circuit with a light and learn about open and short circuit failures.
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Computers can be powerful tools if used properly, especially in the…
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Power in an electric circuit is the product (multiplication) of…
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Instantaneous Values in AC Circuits Pure resistive AC circuit:…
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How much voltage is there between the following pairs of points in…
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This tool is designed to compute for the trace width of a microstrip
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What is Conductance? In the study of DC circuits, the student of…
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A Link Budget puts into account all gains and losses a signal goes through in a system as it is transmitted. The calculator calculates the power of the received signal given amplifier and antenna gains, and medium loss.
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Note, Q3 and Q4 in the figure below are complementary, NPN and PNP…
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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…
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Cathode: This is the electrode that is heated and emits the…
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A calculator designed to compute the power-added efficiency (PAE) of an amplifier
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Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
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Before we begin to explore the effects of resistors, inductors, and…
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Practical Benefit of Active Devices The practical benefit of active…
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A third variation on the counter-DAC-based converter theme is, in my…
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The voltage divider is a circuit used to create a voltage less than or equal to the input voltage.
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Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…
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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…
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A common phrase heard in reference to electrical safety goes something…
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The discovery of the relationship between magnetism and electricity…
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With the notable exception of calculations for power (P), all AC…
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If you’ve ever witnessed a lightning storm, you’ve seen…
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A Link Budget puts into account all gains and losses a signal goes through in a system as it is transmitted. The calculator calculates the power of the received signal given amplifier and antenna gains, and medium loss.
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Three-phase Wye(Y) Connection Initially, we explored the idea of…
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Let’s take the same components for our series example circuit…
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If you’ve used DOS or UNIX operating systems before in a…
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Let’s begin with a semiconductor gate circuit in need of…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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As we’ve already learned, electricity requires a complete path…
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Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…
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A very useful tool for observing rotating objects is a strobe light.…
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