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 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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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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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…
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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.
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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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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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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.
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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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A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
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A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
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Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…
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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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Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…
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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.
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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
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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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What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…
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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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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.
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This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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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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It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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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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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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Series and Parallel Resistances Series and Parallel…
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The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…
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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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Specific resistance at 20o C: Material Element/Alloy ohm-cmil/ft…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use potentiometers to vary a voltage and learn about voltage divider ratios and potentiometer applications.
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The Parallel Wires of Infinite Length Suppose, though, that we had a…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a BJT differential amplifier and learn about a fundamental building block that is the basis of most operational amplifiers.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a programmable non-inverting amplifier and learn how to use the negative feedback of an operational amplifier to control the gain.
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What do each of the oscilloscope axes represent, in real-life terms…
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All About Contactors When a relay is used to switch a large amount of…
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It used to be with large AC power systems that “power…
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During the early development of telephone technology, a unit was…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an electromagnet and learn about electromagnetism including the relationship of magnetic polarity to current flow.
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In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use a PC-based oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn basic oscilloscope operation.
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So far we know that AC voltage alternates in polarity and AC current…
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The field effect transistor was proposed by Julius Lilienfeld in US…
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What is an Encoder? An encoder is a circuit that changes a set of…
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