Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…
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.
This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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.
It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
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.
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.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a red LED flasher and learn a useful application of the versatile 555 timer IC.
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.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…
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.
One of the more advanced ADC technologies is the so-called…
Resonance in a Tank Circuit A condition of resonance will be…
The electrical resistance of a conductor at any temperature may be…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Definition of a Radical Given the expression where “x” is…
Determine if the light bulb will de-energize for each of the following…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Class B push-pull audio amplifier to drive a speaker and learn about crossover distortion and how to minimize it using negative feedback.
Radio waves are comprised of oscillating electric and magnetic fields,…
It is sometimes said regarding electrical safety that, Ït’s not the…
Ampacities of copper wire, in free air at 30o C: INSULATION TYPE…
In any electrically conductive substance, what are charge carriers?…
We can take the same components from the series circuit and rearrange…
If your event sensing switch is mechanical in nature, you will likely…
What is an Encoder? An encoder is a circuit that changes a set of…
Solving for x in a given polynomial equation “ax2 + bx + c…
A calculator for computing the gain and output voltage of an operational amplifier
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…
