A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
Superconducting devices, though not widely used, have some unique…
Both soldering irons and soldering guns are tools used in the process…
“I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum…
A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…
A tool designed to calculate skin depth based on the conductive material being used and the frequency of the signal.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
The Skin Depth of Copper in Electrical Engineering As previously…
This calculator helps determine the resistance of a variable resistor within a Wheatstone bridge circuit or the differential voltage created across the bridge terminals.
It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
The instrumentation amplifier calculator will assist in the design and analysis of a conventional instrumentation amplifier circuit by calculating the required resistor values and gain.
Despite lock-out/tag-out procedures and multiple repetitions of…
At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
It is sometimes said regarding electrical safety that, Ït’s not the…
Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
Certain substances are known to physically deform (shorten or…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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.
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
A common phrase heard in reference to electrical safety goes something…
Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
As a first example of useful combinational logic, let’s build a…
In the last section, we saw how the 3rd harmonic and all of its…
These are the most common types of resistors available. Resistors…
A special type of relay is one that monitors the current, voltage,…
To learn about electronics, you must eventually engage in hands-on experimentation. Knowledge gleaned from books alone has limited use in scientific endeavors. Troubleshooting a circuit can be as important as the knowledge gained from a properly functioning experiment.
An inductor is a passive two-terminal electrical component that…
Inductive Reactance Capacitive Reactance …
Explain how an ohmmeter is able to measure the resistance of a…
What is Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)? The principle known as…
A tool designed to calculate the noise figure of cascaded amplifiers
This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.
A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…
When lightning strikes, nearby magnetic compass needles may be seen to…
All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
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.
This calculator calculates the resistivity of a component based on its resistance value, length, and cross-sectional area.
Certain substances are known to physically deform (shorten or…
Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a monostable multivibrator using a 555 timer IC and learn about RC time constant charging and how a one-shot timer operates.
A meter is any device built to accurately detect and display an…
