Link Budget Calculator

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.

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Quantum Physics

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

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Free Space Path Loss Calculator

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

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Fundamentals of Radio Communication

What does the acronym RF stand form, in reference to radio-related…

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Special-purpose Diodes

Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…

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High-Reliability Circuits

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

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Design Project: Radio Transmitter

Research the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) guidelines on…

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Radio Circuits

(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…

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Principles of Radio

One of the more fascinating applications of electricity is in the…

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Boolean Algebraic Identities

In mathematics, an identity is a statement true for all possible…

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The Common-emitter Amplifier

At the beginning of this chapter, it illustrates how transistors could…

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Shift Registers: Serial-in, Parallel-out (SIPO) Conversion

A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…

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The NOT Gate

The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…

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Ideal Diode Current and Voltage Calculator

This calculator solves for any single missing value in the ideal diode I-V equation for a forward-biased PN-junction diode. Parameters are current, saturation current, voltage, temperature, and ideality factor.

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SPICE Simulation of Series and Parallel Circuits

Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…

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Stepper Motors

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Transistor Ratings and Packages (JFET)

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DC Lab - An Analog Computer For Averaging

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple circuit that computes the average of voltages and learn about analog computers and their application.

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DC Lab - Rheostat Range Limiting

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use series and parallel resistor networks to precisely adjust the range and zero point of a rheostat.

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Basic AC-DC Power Supplies

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Special-output Gates

Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…

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AC Lab - Automotive Alternator as AC Generator

In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an automotive alternator to generate three-phase AC voltage and learn how alternators can function as both generators and motors.

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An Electric Pendulum

Capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, and…

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EIRP Calculator

A helpful tool for computing the Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of an antenna

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Microstrip Patch Antenna Calculator

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

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AC Lab - Build a Transformer

In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple transformer and learn some important transformer fundamentals including voltage step-up and step-down.

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Contributors (11)

Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

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Analog Lab - Non-inverting Amplifier

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a programmable non-inverting amplifier and learn how to use the negative feedback of an operational amplifier to control the gain.

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Counters

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