Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
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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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A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
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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 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 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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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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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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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 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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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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In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…
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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 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, build and test an automated circuit that sequentially flashes 10 LED, and learn about counters, frequency dividers, and switch debouncing.
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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 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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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a microstrip.
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With the notable exception of calculations for power (P), all AC…
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Fundamentally, an amplifier is a device that takes in a low-power…
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An important electrical quantity with no equivalent in DC circuits is…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Learn about junction field effect transistors (JFETs), their equations, and how to model and simulate JFETs in LTspice.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a programmable non-inverting amplifier and learn how to use the negative feedback of an operational amplifier to control the gain.
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Dielectric strength in kilovolts per inch (kV/in): Material*…
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As we saw in a few SPICE analyses earlier in this chapter, the output…
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Definition of a Radical Given the expression where “x” is…
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Since transformers are essentially AC devices, we need to be aware of…
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Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…
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What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…
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Suppose you were installing a high-power stereo system in your car,…
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What is Rectification? Now we come to the most popular application of…
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Over the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Class B push-pull audio amplifier to drive a speaker and learn about crossover distortion and how to minimize it using negative feedback.
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When an alternator produces AC voltage, the voltage switches polarity…
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Mercury Standard Cell Back in the early days of electrical measurement…
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