“I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum…
A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…
A common phrase heard in reference to electrical safety goes something…
Both soldering irons and soldering guns are tools used in the process…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Despite lock-out/tag-out procedures and multiple repetitions of…
A tool designed to calculate skin depth based on the conductive material being used and the frequency of the signal.
Certain substances are known to physically deform (shorten or…
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
The Skin Depth of Copper in Electrical Engineering As previously…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…
Superconducting devices, though not widely used, have some unique…
It is sometimes said regarding electrical safety that, Ït’s not the…
At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…
Resistors vs. Inductors Inductors do not behave the same way as…
TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…
PARTS AND MATERIALS One 9V Battery Battery Clip (Radio Shack catalog #…
PARTS AND MATERIALS 4011 quad NAND gate (Radio Shack catalog #…
All About Contactors When a relay is used to switch a large amount of…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Four 6 volt batteries Dual operational amplifier,…
It was discovered centuries ago that certain types of materials would…
What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…
A tool designed to calculate the guided wavelength inside a microstrip.
Parts and Materials 6-volt battery 6-volt incandescent…
Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two 6 volt batteries One capacitor, 470 µF…
This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an asymmetric stripline
“The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of…
A calculator designed to compute the power-added efficiency (PAE) of an amplifier
What hazards might be posed by a circuit with excessive current going…
A right triangle is defined as having one angle precisely…
