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This calculator calculates the RMS Voltage value from either the peak voltage, the peak-to-peak voltage, or the average voltage.
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In this electrical circuit, trace the direction of current through the…
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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a microstrip.
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This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…
In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of current (4…
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This calculator is designed to compute the parameters required to design a Pi-Match Impedance Circuit
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If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…
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The nonlinearity of material permeability may be graphed for better…
How to Create a Band-stop Filter? Also called band-elimination,…
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Complex numbers are useful for AC circuit analysis because they…
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