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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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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This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) current regulator and learn some of the advantages of JFETs over BJTs for current regulation.
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Complex numbers are useful for AC circuit analysis because they…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, an electronic musical keyboard will be used as a variable-frequency AC signal generator to learn the difference between AC amplitude and frequency.
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A similar effect happens in series inductive/capacitive circuits. When…
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What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a precision potentiometer from three lower precision potentiometer and learn about voltage range compression and parameter interactions.
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This calculator calculates the resistivity of a component based on its resistance value, length, and cross-sectional area.
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Instantaneous Values in AC Circuits Pure resistive AC circuit:…
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Any kind of switch contact can be designed so that the contacts…
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A tool designed to calculate skin depth based on the conductive material being used and the frequency of the signal.
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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
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Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…
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The armature windings of your DC motor will have very low resistance.…
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These are the most common types of resistors available. Resistors…
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While mention of operational amplifiers typically provokes visions of…
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Explain how a moving-coil, or dynamic microphone works. Identify how…
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In Millman’s Theorem, the circuit is re-drawn as a parallel…
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This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
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So far, the phenomenon of resonance appears to be a useless curiosity,…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple DC voltage regulator circuit and learn how to use reverse-biased Zener diodes as voltage clamps.
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An unbalanced Wheatstone bridge cannot be solved using simple series…
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This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.
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This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a circular waveguide
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