What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…
What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two AAA Batteries Battery Clip (Radio Shack…
Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two AAA Batteries Battery Clip (Radio Shack…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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.
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two 6-volt batteries One NPN…
Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build and test an automated circuit that sequentially flashes 10 LED. You will learn about counters, frequency dividers, and switch debouncing.
Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two AAA Batteries Battery Clip (Radio Shack…
It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
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PARTS AND MATERIALS Two AAA Batteries Battery Clip (Radio Shack…
A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
Most electrical wire is covered in a rubber or plastic coating called…
Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…
When a PCB designer speaks of dimensions in thous or mils, what does…
Definition of a Radical Given the expression where “x” is…
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PARTS AND MATERIALS One 9V Battery Battery Clip (Radio Shack catalog #…
Aside from the issues of the physical network (signal types and…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Calculator (or pencil and paper for doing…
A calculator for computing the inductance of a coaxial cable.
What is Rectification? Now we come to the most popular application of…
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A peak detector is a series connection of a diode and a…
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What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…
In this introduction to series resistance circuits, we will explain…
“Garbage in, garbage out.” —Anonymous SPICE is a…
Roman Numerals The Romans devised a system that was a substantial…
Guidelines to Series-Parallel Combination Circuit Analysis The goal of…
Whenever there is a mismatch of impedance between transmission line…
