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Light-Pulse Switch

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It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…

Switches

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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?

555 Lab - Advanced Red LED Flasher

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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.

Thyristor Application Circuits

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Series LED Resistor Calculator

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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.

Radar Maximum Range Calculator

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This tool is designed to calculate the maximum distance (range) that a radar can detect

Square Wave Signals

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It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…

Meter Check of a Transistor (BJT)

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Bipolar transistors are constructed of a three-layer semiconductor…

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.

The NOT Gate

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The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…

Si Lab - Commutating Diode

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple circuit that will teach you how to use a commutating diode to reduce inductive kickback.

Simple Circuits

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Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…

Asymmetric Stripline Impedance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an asymmetric stripline

Circuit Effects

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The principle of non-sinusoidal, repeating waveforms being equivalent…

Resistors Types

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These are the most common types of resistors available. Resistors…

Switches, Hand Actuated

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A switch is an electrical component that can “make” or…

DC Lab - Parallel Batteries

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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.

Protective Relay Circuits

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Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…

Resistance

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The circuit in the previous section is not a very practical one. In…

Vol I. Credits

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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

Power Quality Measurement

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It used to be with large AC power systems that “power…

Synchronous Condenser

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Synchronous motors load the power line with a leading power factor.…

Contributors (10)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Trigonometric Equivalencies

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AC Lab - Build a Transformer

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple transformer and learn some important transformer fundamentals including voltage step-up and step-down.

Introduction to AC Motors

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After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…

Comparator with Hysteresis (Schmitt Trigger) Calculator

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This calculator will compute the required resistor ratio (R2/R1) and reference voltage (VREF) to create the desired high (VTH) and low (VTL) threshold voltages in a non-inverting comparator circuit with hysteresis (commonly called a Schmitt trigger).

Numeration Systems

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Digital computers communicate with external devices through ports:…

More on Spectrum Analysis

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Computerized Fourier analysis, particularly in the form of the FFT…

Shift Registers

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

Asymmetric Stripline Impedance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an asymmetric stripline

Other Diode Technologies

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

Amplifier Impedances

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Input impedance varies considerably with the circuit configuration…

Resistors Types

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These are the most common types of resistors available. Resistors…

Introduction to Digital-Analog Conversion

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Connecting digital circuitry to sensor devices is simple if the sensor…

Inverting and Noninverting OpAmp Voltage Amplifier Circuits

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Parallel Resistor-Capacitor Circuits

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Using the same value components in our series example circuit, we will…

Battery Construction

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

Waveguide Calculator (Circular)

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This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a circular waveguide

The Common-gate Amplifier (IGFET)

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Junction Field-effect Transistors

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The field effect transistor was proposed by Julius Lilienfeld in US…

Reluctance Motor

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The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…

Energy, Work, and Power

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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.

Resonant Filters

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So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…

Pi-Match Impedance Matching Calculator

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This calculator is designed to compute the parameters required to design a Pi-Match Impedance Circuit