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Memory Devices

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

Historical, Nonmechanical Memory Technologies

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Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A…

Flash ADC

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Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…

Microprocessors

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Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…

Modern Nonmechanical Memory

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Now we can proceed to studying specific types of digital storage…

TTL NOR and OR gates

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TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…

Programmable Logic Technology

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Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…

Digital Lab - S-R Flip-flop Using NAND Gates

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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.

Digital Lab - S-R Latch With Enable Input using NAND Gates

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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.

Memory Devices

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

Digital Memory Terms and Concepts

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When we store information in some kind of circuit or device, we not…

Read-Only Memory (ROM)

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Read-only memory (ROM) is similar in design to static or dynamic RAM…

Power Density Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna

Memory with moving parts: “Drives”

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The earliest forms of digital data storage involving moving parts was…

Digital Lab - S-R Latch Using NOR Gates

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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.

Shift Registers

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

TTL NAND and AND gates

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Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…

Arc Flash and Arc Blast

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Electromechanical relays used to start and stop high-power electric…

Design Project: Audio Media-Based Signal Generator

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Identify some different ways you can create the sine-wave audio tracks…

BJT Quirks

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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…

Op-amp Circuits

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

Divided Feedback

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If we add a voltage divider to the negative feedback wiring so that…

Ammeter Design

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Ammeters Measure Electrical Current A meter designed to measure…

Applying Ohm’s Law—Rules and Methods for Circuit Analysis

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When analyzing complex series and parallel circuits, it is easy to…

Arc Flash and Arc Blast

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Electromechanical relays used to start and stop high-power electric…

Analog Lab - PWM Power Controller

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a pulse-width modulator power controller for a light and learn the basics of PWM signals.

Voltage and Current

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As was previously mentioned, we need more than just a continuous path…

Clamper Circuits

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The circuits in the figure below are known as clampers or DC…

Creating Custom Calibration Resistances

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Often in the course of designing and building electrical meter…

Embedded Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an embedded microstrip.

Si Lab - Light Sensor (LED Photodetector)

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use an LED as a light-sensitive photodetector and learn how to use a bipolar transistor in a common-emitter amplifier configuration.

Basic identities

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Additive Identity a + 0 = a Multiplicative Identity 1a = a…

Design Project: AC-DC Power Supply

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Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

Waveguides

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A waveguide is a special form of transmission line consisting of a…

Microwave Tubes

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For extremely high-frequency applications (above 1 GHz), the…

Digital Display Circuits

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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…

Kelvin (4-wire) Resistance Measurement

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Suppose we wished to measure the resistance of some component located…