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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
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Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…
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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…
What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
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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It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two 6-volt batteries One NPN…
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What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…
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This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two AAA Batteries Battery Clip (Radio Shack…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two AAA Batteries Battery Clip (Radio Shack…
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A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…
Explain the difference between a balanced polyphase system and an…
In the simplest terms you can think of, define what an electrical…
As was stated in the last chapter, there is more than one type of…
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Let’s begin with a semiconductor gate circuit in need of…
Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…
What is Rectification? Now we come to the most popular application of…
In many disciplines of science and engineering, very large and very…
Since the enable input on a gated S-R latch provides a way to latch…
What is Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)? The principle known as…
With simple series circuits, all components are connected end-to-end…
What is Split-Phase Power Systems? Split-phase power systems achieve…
Capacitors, like all electrical components, have limitations that must…
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This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a circular waveguide
