“I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum…
Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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.
One of the more fascinating applications of electricity is in the…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
What does the acronym RF stand form, in reference to radio-related…
(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…
This calculator calculates the free space loss, given the distance, frequency, and gain, between two antennas.
Research the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) guidelines on…
This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…
A tool designed to calculate the noise figure of cascaded amplifiers
It used to be with large AC power systems that “power…
Another strategy for addressing the problem of secondary electrons…
A calculator for solving the maximum current a microstrip can handle.
Note: all angles (x) must be expressed in units of radians for these…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an S-R latch with an enabled input using four NAND gates and learn more about digital circuit functionality.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Multimeter, digital or analog Assorted batteries…
Capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, and…
You may have wondered where we got that strange equation for the…
Differential Op-Amp Circuits An op-amp with no feedback is already a…
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.
Computerized Fourier analysis, particularly in the form of the FFT…
This tool is designed to convert power ratios to decibel
PARTS AND MATERIALS 555 timer IC (Radio Shack catalog # 276-1723) One…
In the simplest terms you can think of, define what an electrical…
If your event sensing switch is mechanical in nature, you will likely…