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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…

Pulse Width Modulation

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

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.

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

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

Quantum Physics

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

Skin Depth Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate skin depth based on the conductive material being used and the frequency of the signal.

Physical Effects of Electricity

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Certain substances are known to physically deform (shorten or…

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.

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.

Physiological Effects of Electricity

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

Superconducting Devices

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

Signal Modulation

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A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…

Thyristors

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

AC Instrumentation Transducers

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

Electric Shock

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It is sometimes said regarding electrical safety that, Ït’s not the…

Ohm’s Law (again!)

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

Soldering

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

What Is the Skin Effect?

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The Skin Depth of Copper in Electrical Engineering As previously…

ElectroStatic Discharge

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

Kirchhoff’s Laws

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

Timer Circuits

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

The Gated S-R Latch

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It is sometimes useful in logic circuits to have a multivibrator which…

Ohmmeter Design

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Though mechanical ohmmeter (resistance meter) designs are rarely used…

Open-Loop OpAmp Circuits

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Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…

Voltmeter Design

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As was stated earlier, most meter movements are sensitive devices.…

Delta-Sigma ADC

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One of the more advanced ADC technologies is the so-called…

The Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) as a Switch

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Bipolar junction transistors (Also known as BJTs) can be used as an…

SPICE Simulation of Series and Parallel Circuits

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Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…

Contributors (4)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Elementary Circuits

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In the simplest terms you can think of, define what an electrical…

Inductors

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! A 5 H inductor is subjected to an electric…

Wire Loop Inductance Calculator

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

Multiplexers and Demultiplexers

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

Potential Pitfalls

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Fallacious reasoning and poor interpersonal relations account for more…

Analog Lab - Non-inverting Amplifier

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a programmable non-inverting amplifier and learn how to use the negative feedback of an operational amplifier to control the gain.

Miscellaneous Diode Applications

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

Δ-Y and Y-Δ Conversions

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In many circuit applications, we encounter components connected…

Fuses

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Normally, the ampacity rating of a conductor is a circuit design…

Decoder

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A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…

Combination Tubes

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Similar in thought to the idea of the integrated circuit, tube…

Electrons and “holes’’

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Pure semiconductors are relatively good insulators as compared with…