What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
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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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What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…
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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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A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
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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, 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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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
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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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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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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…
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This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
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If we were to express the series-connected DC voltages as phasors…
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It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
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As a first example of useful combinational logic, let’s build a…
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This calculator uses Faraday's and Lenz's laws to calculate the magnitude and polarity of the induced electromotive force (EMF) caused by a change in magnetic flux through a closed-loop coil.
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Solving for x in a given polynomial equation “ax2 + bx + c…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will control a light with a switch and learn the basics of connecting toggle (on/off) switches into circuits.
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The jobs of electronics engineers and technicians frequently entail…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build resistive current dividers and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's current law function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.
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The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…
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Because of their insulated gates, IGFETs of all types have extremely…
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Circuits consisting of just one battery and one load resistance are…
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This calculator computes the resonant frequency of a parallel inductor and capacitor "tank" circuit.
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Additive Identity a + 0 = a Multiplicative Identity 1a = a…
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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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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As an example of using several circuits together, we are going to make…
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This calculator calculates the resistivity of a component based on its resistance value, length, and cross-sectional area.
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Point-to-Point Connecting two digital devices with a network, would…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a parallel resonant inductor-capacitor circuit and learn about oscillation, resonant frequency, and damping.
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Let’s begin with a semiconductor gate circuit in need of…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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