In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a multiple LED flasher and learn how to use inductive flyback to generate a voltage pulse that is greater than the supply voltage.
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) to switch an LED and learn about the current their amplification.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a red LED flasher and learn a useful application of the versatile 555 timer IC.
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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
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This series LED resistance calculator is perfect for when you have a single LED or a number of the same color of LEDs in series and need to know which resistor you should use.
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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.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a red LED flasher with a transistor drive to control the current and learn how to use transistors to provide current gain and how to limit LED current.
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…
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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test an automated circuit that sequentially flashes 10 LED, and learn about counters, frequency dividers, and switch debouncing.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a digital combination lock with LED output indicators and learn about XOR gate functionality and how to implement NOR logic functionality using diodes.
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In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a blue LED flasher using a 555 timer and learn the basic theory of a voltage doubler using a transistor switch and a capacitor.
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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will control a 7-segment binary-coded decimal (BCD) display and learn about active-low and active-high logic inputs.
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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Power measurement in AC circuits can be quite a bit more complex than…
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A high-pass filter’s task is just the opposite of a low-pass…
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Convert to and from different units of length, weight, power, temperature and torque
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TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…
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Many different equations used in the analysis of electric circuits may…
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Instantaneous Values in AC Circuits Pure resistive AC circuit:…
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Label where each of the following electrical quantities would be found…
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This calculates the capacitance of a capacitor based on its charge, Q, and its voltage, V, according to the formula, C=Q/V.
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This tool calculates the dimensions of the microstrip patch antenna given the desired operating frequency.
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Synchronous motors load the power line with a leading power factor.…
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This article explains the step-by-step process for determining the…
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In Millman’s Theorem, the circuit is re-drawn as a parallel…
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The first, and perhaps most important, relationship between current,…
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What Is a Zener Diode? A Zener diode is a special type of rectifying…
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This calculator computes for the output pulse width of a 555 timer monostable circuit
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In simple AC power systems, one of the two conductors is typically…
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Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…
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This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a Pi Attenuator.
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A calculator designed to calculate the maximum current that a stripline can handle
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In power distribution systems, it is very important to be able to…
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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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The instrumentation amplifier calculator will assist in the design and analysis of a conventional instrumentation amplifier circuit by calculating the required resistor values and gain.
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Since Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorems are two…
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The armature windings of your DC motor will have very low resistance.…
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A very useful tool for observing rotating objects is a strobe light.…
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Superconducting devices, though not widely used, have some unique…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Serial-in, serial-out shift registers delay data by one clock time for…
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Standing waves at the resonant frequency points of an open- or…
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A common class of operation used in radio-frequency (RF) amplifier…
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Like its bipolar cousin, the field-effect transistor may be used as an…
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Since three-phase is used so often for power distribution systems, it…
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AC ANALYSIS: General form: .ac [curve] [points] [start] [final]…
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In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…
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In any electrically conductive substance, what are charge carriers?…
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Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…
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