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Physiological Effects of Electricity

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Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…

Soldering

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Both soldering irons and soldering guns are tools used in the process…

Kirchhoff’s Laws

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Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…

Emergency Response

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Despite lock-out/tag-out procedures and multiple repetitions of…

Light-Pulse Switch

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It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…

Superconducting Devices

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Superconducting devices, though not widely used, have some unique…

Timer Circuits

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

Signal Modulation

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A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…

Ohm’s Law (again!)

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A common phrase heard in reference to electrical safety goes something…

Design Project: Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) Signal Generator

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What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…

AC Instrumentation Transducers

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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…

ElectroStatic Discharge

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At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…

Thyristors

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Physiological Effects of Electricity

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Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…

Quantum Physics

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“I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum…

What Is the Skin Effect?

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The Skin Depth of Copper in Electrical Engineering As previously…

Wheatstone Bridge Calculator

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This calculator helps determine the resistance of a variable resistor within a Wheatstone bridge circuit or the differential voltage created across the bridge terminals.

Soldering

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Both soldering irons and soldering guns are tools used in the process…

Pulse Width Modulation

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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…

Physical Effects of Electricity

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Certain substances are known to physically deform (shorten or…

Parallel Resistor Calculator

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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.

Kirchhoff’s Laws

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Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…

Instrumentation Amplifier Gain Calculator

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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.

Quantum Devices

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Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…

Binary Subtraction

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We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…

Design Project: Event Counter

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If your event sensing switch is mechanical in nature, you will likely…

AC Power

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If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…

Contact “Normal” State and Make/Break Sequence

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Any kind of switch contact can be designed so that the contacts…

Design Project: Sensitive Audio Detector

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The choice of step-down transformers to use in a project such as this…

Introduction to Shift Registers

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Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential logic.…

Practical Considerations - Batteries

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When connecting batteries together to form larger “banks”…

Wire Loop Inductance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a wire loop.

Bridge Circuits

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No text on electrical metering could be called complete without a…

Transistors, Insulated-gate Field-effect (IGFET or MOSFET)

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We have the symbols for depletion mode and enhancement mode MOSFETs -…

Digital Communication

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

Basic Circuit Troubleshooting

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Determine if the light bulb will de-energize for each of the following…

Vectors and AC Waveforms

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OK, so how exactly can we represent AC quantities of voltage or…

Capacitor Impedance Calculator

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This tool calculates a capacitor's reactance for a given capacitance value and signal frequency.

Electrical Noise and Interference

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Define what noise means, in the electrical sense of the word. How does…

What is Norton’s Theorem and the Norton Equivalent Circuit?

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This article explains the step-by-step process for determining the…

Clipper and Clamper Circuits

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

The J-K Flip-Flop

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Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…

Ohm’s Law Calculator

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Calculate circuit parameters using Ohm's Law