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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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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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 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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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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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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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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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 addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…
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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 build a red LED flasher and learn a useful application of the versatile 555 timer IC.
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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 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 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 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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A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
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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, 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, you will build an S-R latch with an enabled input using four NAND gates and learn more about digital circuit functionality.
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It is sometimes desirable to have circuits capable of selectively…
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A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…
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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure resistance using the ohmmeter function.
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Fundamentally, an amplifier is a device that takes in a low-power…
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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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The basic application of Ohm’s law to combinations of series and…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) current regulator and learn some of the advantages of JFETs over BJTs for current regulation.
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What is Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)? The principle known as…
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The following is a partial list of contributors to the current online…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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“Advances are made by answering questions. Discoveries are made…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Devoting a whole chapter in a modern electronics text to the design…
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Current Source It is possible through the use of electronic amplifiers…
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(“c” being a constant) RELATED…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
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A diode is an electronics component made from a combination of a…
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What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…
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