Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
Both soldering irons and soldering guns are tools used in the process…
Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
Superconducting devices, though not widely used, have some unique…
A tool designed to calculate skin depth based on the conductive material being used and the frequency of the signal.
It is sometimes said regarding electrical safety that, Ït’s not the…
The Skin Depth of Copper in Electrical Engineering As previously…
Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
A common phrase heard in reference to electrical safety goes something…
Despite lock-out/tag-out procedures and multiple repetitions of…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
“I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…
Both soldering irons and soldering guns are tools used in the process…
What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
Certain substances are known to physically deform (shorten or…
Parts and Materials 6-volt battery 6-volt incandescent lamp Jumper…
You might have noticed on the table for specific resistances that all…
Now that we’ve seen how series and parallel AC circuit analysis…
Things start to get complicated when we need to relate two or more AC…
Voltage Components in a parallel circuit share the same voltage:…
The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…
Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…
So far we know that AC voltage alternates in polarity and AC current…
PARTS AND MATERIALS IBM-compatible personal computer with sound card,…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Length of bare (uninsulated) copper wire Length of…
PARTS AND MATERIALS 4011 quad NAND gate (Radio Shack catalog #…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Sensitive meter movement (Radio Shack catalog #…
The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…
Instantaneous Values in AC Circuits Pure resistive AC circuit:…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Several 10 kΩ resistors One 10 kΩ…
A helpful analogy for understanding divided feedback amplifier…
Let’s analyze a simple series circuit and determine the voltage…
When lightning strikes, nearby magnetic compass needles may be seen to…
When a transistor is in the fully-off state (like an open switch), it…
In order to work with complex numbers without drawing vectors, we…
