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When analyzing complex series and parallel circuits, it is easy to…
Generators used in battery-charging systems must be regulated so as to…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use a potentiometer as a variable resistor to control the speed of a motor and learn how to connect a potentiometer as a rheostat.
We can take the same components from the series circuit and rearrange…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, construct a signal generator circuit that creates two different types of ramp signals and learn how capacitors charge when connected to resistors and constant current sources.
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Our exploration of thyristors begins with a device called the…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, construct a three-stage common-emitter amplifier using bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about multi-stage gain and feedback.
This calculator calculates the resistivity of a component based on its resistance value, length, and cross-sectional area.
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Using the same value components in our series example circuit, we will…
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Capacitors, like all electrical components, have limitations that must…
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In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of voltage…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple voltmeter and ammeter while learning some fundamentals about circuit measurements.
A popular use of diodes is for the mitigation of inductive…
Early in my explorations of electricity, I came across a length of…
As opposed to normal equations where the solution is a number, a…
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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.
In order to work with complex numbers without drawing vectors, we…
Designing Wire Resistance Conductor ampacity rating is a crude…
Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
Power measurement in AC circuits can be quite a bit more complex than…
A helpful tool for calculating the impedance of a wire microstrip.
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a BJT differential amplifier and learn about a fundamental building block that is the basis of most operational amplifiers.
A calculator designed to calculate the trace width of a stripline based on the maximum current rating
The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…
So far we know that AC voltage alternates in polarity and AC current…
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Connecting digital circuitry to sensor devices is simple if the sensor…
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Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
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As a first example of useful combinational logic, let’s build a…
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A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…
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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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One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
The table method provides a structured methodology for ensuring you…
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Explain how an ohmmeter is able to measure the resistance of a…
A calculator for solving the maximum current a microstrip can handle.
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.
Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…
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