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.
What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) to switch an LED and learn about the current their amplification.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a red LED flasher and learn a useful application of the versatile 555 timer IC.
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.
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.
Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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.
A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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.
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.
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.
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.
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…
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.
This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…
When connecting batteries together to form larger “banks”…
The Skin Depth of Copper in Electrical Engineering As previously…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use a PC-based oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn basic oscilloscope operation.
A tool designed to calculate the characteristic impedance of a twisted-pair cable
Another strategy for addressing the problem of secondary electrons…
Identify some different ways you can create the sine-wave audio tracks…
A calculator designed to compute the VSWR, reflection coefficient, return loss and matching loss in a transmission line
In the previous section, we saw a circuit using one J-K flip-flop that…
Remember that vectors are mathematical objects just like numbers on a…
A calculator for computing the impedance of an edge coupled stripline.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple voltmeter and ammeter while learning some fundamentals about circuit measurements.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
So far in our discussions on electricity and electric circuits, we…
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Digital computers communicate with external devices through ports:…
If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…
At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
In many circuit applications, we encounter components connected…