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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.

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.

Timer Circuits

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

Thyristors

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

Physical Effects of Electricity

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Certain substances are known to physically deform (shorten or…

Signal Modulation

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A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…

AC Instrumentation Transducers

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

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.

Superconducting Devices

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

Quantum Physics

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

Kirchhoff’s Laws

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

Light-Pulse Switch

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

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

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

Ohm’s Law (again!)

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

Pulse Width Modulation

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

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.

Electric Shock

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

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.

What Is the Skin Effect?

Textbook

The Skin Depth of Copper in Electrical Engineering As previously…

Emergency Response

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

Soldering

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

ElectroStatic Discharge

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

DC Transducers

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Research and describe what the Hall effect is, and list some practical…

Polarity of voltage drops

Textbook

When using conventional current flow, we can trace the direction of…

Voltage Multipliers (Doublers, Triplers, Quadruplers, and More)

Textbook

A voltage multiplier is a specialized rectifier circuit producing…

Converting Between Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits

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Since Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorems are two…

Microstrip Patch Antenna Calculator

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This tool calculates the dimensions of the microstrip patch antenna given the desired operating frequency.

Free Space Path Loss Calculator

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This calculator calculates the free space loss, given the distance, frequency, and gain, between two antennas.

Ammeter Design

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What would happen to this meter movement, if connected directly to a…

Asymmetric Stripline Impedance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an asymmetric stripline

Passive Filter Circuits

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In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…

Standing Waves and Resonance

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Whenever there is a mismatch of impedance between transmission line…

Diode Ratings

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In addition to forward voltage drop (Vf) and peak inverse voltage…

Component Modeling

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When plotted on a curve tracer, the characteristic curve for a normal…

Static Electricity

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It was discovered centuries ago that certain types of materials would…

Conversion From Decimal Numeration

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Because octal and hexadecimal numeration systems have bases that are…

Intro Lab - Circuit With a Switch

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will control a light with a switch and learn the basics of connecting toggle (on/off) switches into circuits.

The Common-gate Amplifier (IGFET)

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Transistor Ratings and Packages (JFET)

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Bridge Circuits

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

Non-Inverting Op-Amp Resistor Calculator

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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for a non-inverting Op-Amp

The Quadratic Formula

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Solving for x in a given polynomial equation “ax2 + bx + c…