Memory with moving parts: “Drives”

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

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Memory Devices

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Digital Memory Terms and Concepts

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

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Microprocessors

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

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Historical, Nonmechanical Memory Technologies

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

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Modern Nonmechanical Memory

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

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Historical, Nonmechanical Memory Technologies

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

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TTL NAND and AND gates

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

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Shift Registers

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Read-Only Memory (ROM)

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

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Arc Flash and Arc Blast

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

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Programmable Logic Technology

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

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Digital Lab - S-R Latch Using NOR Gates

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.

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

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.

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TTL NOR and OR gates

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

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Memory with moving parts: “Drives”

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

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Power Density Calculator

A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna

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

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.

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Microprocessors

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

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Memory Devices

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Modern Nonmechanical Memory

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

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Digital Memory Terms and Concepts

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

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Special-purpose Batteries

Mercury Standard Cell Back in the early days of electrical measurement…

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Amplifiers

Practical Benefit of Active Devices The practical benefit of active…

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Input and Output Coupling

To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…

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Series-parallel R, L, and C

Now that we’ve seen how series and parallel AC circuit analysis…

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The S-R Latch

A bistable multivibrator has two stable states, as indicated by the…

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Averager and Summer Circuits

If we take three equal resistors and connect one end of each to a…

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Band-pass Filters

How to Create Band-pass Filter There are applications where a…

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Si Lab - Commutating Diode

In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple circuit that will teach you how to use a commutating diode to reduce inductive kickback.

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Active-mode Operation (IGFET)

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Conductors, Insulators, and Electron Flow

The electrons of different types of atoms have different degrees of…

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Digital Lab - Basic 2-Input NAND Gate Circuit

In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test a 2-input digital NAND gate with LED indicators and learn to read pinout diagrams, power a digital IC, connect unused inputs and outputs, and use pulldown resistors.

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AC Lab - Using a Transformer to Build a 12 VAC Power Supply

In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a 12 V alternating current (AC) power supply using a step-down transformer and learn about transformer operation and the purpose of tapped windings.

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AC Lab - Induction Motor

In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple AC permanent capacitor split-phase induction motor and learn the principles of AC induction motor function.

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Switched Capacitor Circuitry

Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…

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Table (landscape view)

Periodic table of chemical elements.

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Static Electricity

What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…

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Practical Considerations - Batteries

When connecting batteries together to form larger “banks”…

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AC Network Analysis

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DC Lab - Parallel Batteries

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in parallel to power a light and learn the relationship between the individual battery currents and the total system current.

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General Troubleshooting Tips

When first approaching a failed or otherwise misbehaving system, the…

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