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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…

Optoelectronic Devices

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

Special-purpose Diodes

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

Display Tubes

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Display Tubes

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

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.

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…

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.

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.

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)

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

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.

Special-purpose Diodes

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

Optoelectronic Devices

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

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.

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

Convert MCD to Lumens

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

Karnaugh Mapping

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

Harmonics in Polyphase Power Systems

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In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…

Emergency Response

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Despite lock-out/tag-out procedures and multiple repetitions of…

Branch Current Method Analysis

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The most straightforward DC network analysis technique is the branch…

Edge Coupled Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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This tool helps calculate the impedance of an edge-coupled microstrip.

Op-amp Circuits

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

T-Match Impedance Matching Circuits

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A tool designed to compute the values to be used in a T-match Impedance Circuit

Analog Lab - High-impedance Voltmeter

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a high-impedance voltmeter and learn about circuit loading and how to use op amps to reduce loading effects.

Practical Considerations of ADC Circuits

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Perhaps the most important consideration of an ADC is its resolution.…

Karnaugh Mapping

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

Decibels

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The Bel is Used to Represent Gain In its simplest form, an…

Multiplexers

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A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…

Binary Math Circuits

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Add the following binary numbers:

Specific Troubleshooting Techniques

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After applying some of the general troubleshooting tips to narrow the…

Introduction to Complex Numbers

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If I needed to describe the distance between two cities, I could…

Twisted-Pair Impedance Calculator

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

Logarithms

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Definition of a Logarithm     “log” denotes a…

Open-Loop OpAmp Circuits

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Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…

Performance-Based Assessments for Analog Integrated Circuit Competencies

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Positive Feedback

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As we’ve seen, negative feedback is an incredibly useful…

MESFETs

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