Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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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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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…
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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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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 a red LED flasher and learn a useful application of the versatile 555 timer IC.
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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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This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
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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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In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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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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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
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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 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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A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
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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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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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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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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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What factors determine where potentiometers Rpot1 and Rpot2 must be…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will sense AC magnetic fields using a simple wire coil and learn about AC signal coupling, orientation effects, and the impact of shielding using different materials.
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Seebeck Effect An interesting phenomenon applied in the field of…
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Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…
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Thyristors are a broad classification of bipolar-conducting…
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To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…
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The Skin Depth of Copper in Electrical Engineering As previously…
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JFETs, like bipolar transistors, are able to “throttle”…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an automotive alternator to generate three-phase AC voltage and learn how alternators can function as both generators and motors.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…
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Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in parallel to power a light and learn the relationship between the individual battery currents and the total system current.
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Learn about junction field effect transistors (JFETs), their equations, and how to model and simulate JFETs in LTspice.
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As a first example of useful combinational logic, let’s build a…
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