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Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A…
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Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
When we store information in some kind of circuit or device, we not…
Read-only memory (ROM) is similar in design to static or dynamic RAM…
TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…
Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna
Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…
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Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…
Now we can proceed to studying specific types of digital storage…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…
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The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
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The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…
Research and describe what the Hall effect is, and list some practical…
Shown here is a simplified representation of an atom: the smallest…
Explain how an ohmmeter is able to measure the resistance of a…
This calculator calculates the RMS Voltage value from either the peak voltage, the peak-to-peak voltage, or the average voltage.
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A similar effect happens in series inductive/capacitive circuits. When…
What, exactly, is necessary to establish electrical continuity between…
If a block of P-type semiconductor is placed in contact with a block…
Notice something important here: taking the derivative of f(x)…
Practical Benefit of Active Devices The practical benefit of active…
When a switch is actuated and contacts touch one another under the…
Metric Prefixes Yotta = 1024 Symbol: Y Zetta = 1021 Symbol: Z…
The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two 6-volt batteries Carbon pencil…
Feedback is a fascinating engineering principle. It can turn a rather…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Three NPN transistors—model 2N2222 or 2N3403…
Learn About L/R Time Constants It is often perplexing to new students…
An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
Determine the output voltage polarity of this op-amp (with reference…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two NPN transistors—models 2N2222 or…
A switch is an electrical component that can “make” or…
So far, the phenomenon of resonance appears to be a useless curiosity,…
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What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
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The table of electric currents and their various bodily effects was…
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This calculator will help compute the inductance of a length of wire.
Quantum physics describes the states of electrons in an atom according…
Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…
Three-phase Wye(Y) Connection Initially, we explored the idea of…
This tool is designed to calculate the maximum distance (range) that a radar can detect
