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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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
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In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…
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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…
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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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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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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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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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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 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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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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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, 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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A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
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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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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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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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In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…
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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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Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
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Solid Copper Wire Table Size Diameter (inches) Cross-sectional area…
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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
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Notice something important here: taking the derivative of f(x)…
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The final transistor amplifier configuration (Figure below) we need to…
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How is it possible to electrically measure the torque output by a…
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These are the most common types of resistors available. Resistors…
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Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
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Suppose we wished to measure the resistance of some component located…
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This calculator will help compute the inductance of a length of wire.
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave rectifier for AC to DC conversion and learn about center-tapped transformers.
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What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…
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Project Overview This project employs all of the skills…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple current mirror using matched bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about current mirror circuit limitations, the temperature dependence of BJTs, and thermal runaway.
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A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…
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In simple AC power systems, one of the two conductors is typically…
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