Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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.
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) to switch an LED and learn about the current their amplification.
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 digital combination lock with LED output indicators and learn about XOR gate functionality and how to implement NOR logic functionality using diodes.
In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…
This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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.
A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
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, 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…
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.
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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.
Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…
Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a red LED flasher and learn a useful application of the versatile 555 timer IC.
What voltage will you choose to use for each of the station batteries?
The metric system, besides being a collection of measurement units for…
What will happen to the brightness of the light bulb as the iron core…
A tool designed to compute the values to be used in a T-match Impedance Circuit
Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…
Calculate the equivalent resistance of up to six resistors in parallel with ease while learning how to calculate resistance in parallel and the parallel resistance formula.
A meter is any device built to accurately detect and display an…
Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…
This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…
Another strategy for addressing the problem of secondary electrons…
This chapter will cover the physics behind the operation of…
By definition, a low-pass filter is a circuit offering easy passage to…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Many different equations used in the analysis of electric circuits may…
As we’ve seen, negative feedback is an incredibly useful…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
What Is Kirchhoff’s Current Law? Kirchhoff’s Current Law,…
The circuits in the figure below are known as clampers or DC…
A tool designed to calculate the characteristic impedance of a twisted-pair cable
