A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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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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Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…
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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
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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 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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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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This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
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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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It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
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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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Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…
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What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…
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Convert between Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin
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This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a Pi Attenuator.
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A demultiplexer, sometimes abbreviated dmux, is a circuit that has one…
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Explain the difference between a balanced polyphase system and an…
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A common class of operation used in radio-frequency (RF) amplifier…
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Remember that vectors are mathematical objects just like numbers on a…
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With simple gate and combinational logic circuits, there is a definite…
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This calculator computes for the output pulse width of a 555 timer monostable circuit
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When a transistor is in the fully-off state (like an open switch), it…
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This calculator shows the peak-to-peak voltage (VP-P) value from the peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a high-impedance voltmeter and learn about circuit loading and how to use op amps to reduce loading effects.
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a large AC permanent capacitor split-phase induction motor and learn the principles of AC induction motor function.
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When connecting batteries together to form larger “banks”…
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
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Because the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in…
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The peak voltage calculator calculates peak voltage values from the peak-to-peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.
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