Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is 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.
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.
What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…
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.
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.
It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
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.
What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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.
What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
If we were to express the series-connected DC voltages as phasors…
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.
Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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 multiple LED flasher and learn how to use inductive flyback to generate a voltage pulse that is greater than the supply voltage.
The term “combinational” comes to us from mathematics. In…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in series and learn the relationship between the individual battery voltages and the total series voltage.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a battery-operated circuit with a light and learn about open and short circuit failures.
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
An unbalanced Wheatstone bridge cannot be solved using simple series…
Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
Wiring Color Codes Infographic. Released under the Creative Commons…
If your event sensing switch is mechanical in nature, you will likely…
Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…
There are circumstances when you may need to analyze a DC reactive…
Computerized Fourier analysis, particularly in the form of the FFT…
Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…
Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
Because batteries create current flow in a circuit by exchanging…
Wire-by-Number project: simple voltage divider Description: Build a…
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