In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…
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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, 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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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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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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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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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, 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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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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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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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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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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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 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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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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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…
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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
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This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
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A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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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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The Programmable Logic Controller, or PLC, was invented in the late…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…
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By definition, a low-pass filter is a circuit offering easy passage to…
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Using an electrical meter safely and efficiently is perhaps the most…
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One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…
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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
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Suppose you were to take a 3 kW electric heater rated for 240 VAC and…
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A similar effect happens in series inductive/capacitive circuits. When…
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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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If we examine a four-bit binary count sequence from 0000 to 1111, a…
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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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This tool calculates a capacitor's reactance for a given capacitance value and signal frequency.
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The first, and perhaps most important, relationship between current,…
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A wound rotor induction motor has a stator like a squirrel cage…
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An important electrical quantity with no equivalent in DC circuits is…
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What hazards might be posed by a circuit with excessive current going…
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Power in an electric circuit is the product (multiplication) of…
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Capacitors Vs. Resistors Capacitors do not behave the same as…
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