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Digital Lab - 7-segment LED Display

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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.

Digital Display Circuits

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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…

Special-purpose Diodes

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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…

Si Lab - Bipolar Transistor as a Switch

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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.

555 Lab - Red LED Flasher

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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.

555 Lab - LED Flasher with Inductive Flyback

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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.

555 Lab - Advanced Red LED Flasher

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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.

Special-purpose Diodes

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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…

Digital Lab - Digital Combination Lock

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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.

Design Project: LED Stroboscope

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A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…

Digital Display Circuits

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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…

Karnaugh Mapping

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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

Series LED Resistor Calculator

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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.

555 Lab - Blue LED Flasher With Voltage Doubler

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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.

Digital Lab - 10-bit Flashing LED Sequencer

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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.

Si Lab - Light Sensor (LED Photodetector)

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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.

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

Textbook

Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…

Optoelectronic Devices

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In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…

Digital Lab - 7-segment LED Display

Textbook

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.

Convert MCD to Lumens

Tools

This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.

Display Tubes

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In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…

Practical Considerations - Batteries

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When connecting batteries together to form larger “banks”…

What Is the Skin Effect?

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The Skin Depth of Copper in Electrical Engineering As previously…

The Common-gate Amplifier (IGFET)

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AC Lab - PC Oscilloscope

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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.

Twisted-Pair Impedance Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate the characteristic impedance of a twisted-pair cable

The Pentode

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Another strategy for addressing the problem of secondary electrons…

Design Project: Audio Media-Based Signal Generator

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Identify some different ways you can create the sine-wave audio tracks…

VSWR / Return Loss Calculator

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A calculator designed to compute the VSWR, reflection coefficient, return loss and matching loss in a transmission line

Asynchronous Counters

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In the previous section, we saw a circuit using one J-K flip-flop that…

Simple Vector Addition

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Remember that vectors are mathematical objects just like numbers on a…

Edge Coupled Stripline Impedance Calculator

Tools

A calculator for computing the impedance of an edge coupled stripline.

DC Lab - Build Your Own Multimeter

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple voltmeter and ammeter while learning some fundamentals about circuit measurements.

Basic Electromagnetic Relays

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…

Electron Activity in Chemical Reactions

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So far in our discussions on electricity and electric circuits, we…

Vol III. Credits

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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

Numeration Systems

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Digital computers communicate with external devices through ports:…

AC Power

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If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…

ElectroStatic Discharge

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At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…

Quantum Devices

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Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…

Δ-Y and Y-Δ Conversions

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In many circuit applications, we encounter components connected…