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Circuits and the Speed of Light

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Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…

Switches

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

Series-Parallel DC Circuits

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

Si Lab - Light Sensor (LED Photodetector)

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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.

Static Electricity

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What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…

555 Lab - Red LED Flasher

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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.

Light-Pulse Switch

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

Special-purpose Diodes

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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…

Convert MCD to Lumens

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This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.

Digital Lab - 10-bit Flashing LED Sequencer

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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.

555 Lab - LED Flasher with Inductive Flyback

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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.

Simple Circuits

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

Design Project: LED Stroboscope

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A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…

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.

Current Divider Circuits

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

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.

Rectifier Circuits

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

Digital Display Circuits

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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…

Thyristor Application Circuits

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

AC phase

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If we were to express the series-connected DC voltages as phasors…

Protective Relays

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A special type of relay is one that monitors the current, voltage,…

A Binary Adder

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Suppose we wanted to build a device that could add two binary bits…

Design Project: Power Inverter

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A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…

Rules for Derivatives

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Constant rule Rule of sums Rule of differences Product rule Quotient…

JFET Quirks

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The Cascode Amplifier

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While the C-B (common-base) amplifier is known for wider bandwidth…

Shift Registers: Serial-in, Parallel-out (SIPO) Conversion

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A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…

Printed Circuit Board Layout and Manufacture

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When a PCB designer speaks of dimensions in thous or mils, what does…

Si Lab - Multi-stage Amplifier

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, construct a three-stage common-emitter amplifier using bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about multi-stage gain and feedback.

Microstrip Max Current Calculator

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A calculator for solving the maximum current a microstrip can handle.

Magnetic Fields and Inductance

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Whenever electrons flow through a conductor, a magnetic field will…

LC Tank Circuit Resonance Calculator

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This calculator computes the resonant frequency of a parallel inductor and capacitor "tank" circuit.

Inductance

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! One of the fundamental principles of…

Passive Filter Circuits

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In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…

The TRIAC

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SCRs are unidirectional (one-way) current devices, making them useful…

Special-purpose Diodes

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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…

Performance-Based Assessments for Analog Integrated Circuit Competencies

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Friis Transmission Calculator

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This calculator computes the power received by an antenna using Friis formula

Practical Considerations - Capacitors

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Capacitors, like all electrical components, have limitations that must…

Ammeter Design

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Ammeters Measure Electrical Current A meter designed to measure…