Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A…
A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna
TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
Read-only memory (ROM) is similar in design to static or dynamic RAM…
Now we can proceed to studying specific types of digital storage…
Electromechanical relays used to start and stop high-power electric…
When we store information in some kind of circuit or device, we not…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an S-R latch using two NOR gates and learn how this type of digital memory operates, including invalid states, race conditions, and the effects of output loading.
The earliest forms of digital data storage involving moving parts was…
Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an edge-triggered S-R flip-flop, learn the difference between a latch and a flip-flop, and experience how a switch bounce can cause logic errors.
Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an S-R latch with an enabled input using four NAND gates and learn more about digital circuit functionality.
The SPICE (Simulation Program, Integrated Circuit Emphesis)…
A circuit with an inductor (L) and capacitor (C) connected in parallel or series will have a resonant frequency at which their impedances are equal. Given two of the three values—inductance, capacitance, or resonant frequency—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.
Explain how the microphone in your amplifier works. How, exactly, does…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple RC circuit that demonstrates phase shift and learn how out-of-phase AC voltages do not add algebraically.
Write the following exponential expressions in expanded form: 101 =…
This chapter will cover the physics behind the operation of…
If we were to connect two inverter gates together so that the output…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) current regulator and learn some of the advantages of JFETs over BJTs for current regulation.
An oscilloscope is a very useful piece of electronic test equipment.…
What Is a Zener Diode? A Zener diode is a special type of rectifying…
Explain how a moving-coil, or dynamic microphone works. Identify how…
Also known as the stairstep-ramp, or simply counter A/D converter,…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, construct a signal generator circuit that creates two different types of ramp signals and learn how capacitors charge when connected to resistors and constant current sources.
∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Electronic power conversion circuits known…
TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Differential Op-Amp Circuits An op-amp with no feedback is already a…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an electromagnet and learn about electromagnetism including the relationship of magnetic polarity to current flow.
The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…
This chapter explores the response of capacitors and inductors to…
This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a microstrip.
In many circuit applications, we encounter components connected…
In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…
As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…
During the early development of telephone technology, a unit was…
Note: all angles (x) must be expressed in units of radians for these…
In this introduction to series resistance circuits, we will explain…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will create a battery from a potato (yes! a potato) and learn about the relationship between chemical energy and electric energy.
Remember that vectors are mathematical objects just like numbers on a…
A Link Budget puts into account all gains and losses a signal goes through in a system as it is transmitted. The calculator calculates the power of the received signal given amplifier and antenna gains, and medium loss.
Learn about junction field effect transistors (JFETs), their equations, and how to model and simulate JFETs in LTspice.
In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…
Up until this point, our analysis of transistor logic circuits has…
Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A…
What would happen to this meter movement, if connected directly to a…
The superposition theorem is one of those strokes of genius that takes…
Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…