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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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
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In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…
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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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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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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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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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This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
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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 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 build a red LED flasher and learn a useful application of the versatile 555 timer IC.
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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, 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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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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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 and test an automated circuit that sequentially flashes 10 LED, and learn about counters, frequency dividers, and switch debouncing.
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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 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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In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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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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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
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Similar in thought to the idea of the integrated circuit, tube…
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What voltage will you choose to use for each of the station batteries?
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The following circuits are pre-tested netlists for SPICE 2g6, complete…
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It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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This tool calculates a capacitor's reactance for a given capacitance value and signal frequency.
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This calculator will determine the instantaneous energy, sustained energy, and power consumed by an electrical system given two of the three electrical parameters (voltage, current, or resistance) and the time.
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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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Although the prime intent of octal and hexadecimal numeration systems…
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When using conventional current flow, we can trace the direction of…
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One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
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De Forest’s Audion tube came to be known as the triode tube…
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Both soldering irons and soldering guns are tools used in the process…
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Three-Phase Alternator Let’s take the three-phase alternator…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator with hysteresis from a Schmitt trigger and learn how to use it to create an RC oscillator and a method to configure a 555 timer as an astable multivibrator.
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Additive Identity a + 0 = a Multiplicative Identity 1a = a…
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As we saw with DC measurement circuits, the circuit configuration…
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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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All About Diodes A diode is an electrical device allowing current to…
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