Inductors do not have a stable “resistance” as conductors…
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Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…
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In an ideal case, an inductor acts as a purely reactive device. That…
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Behaviors of Inductors wrapped around a Conductive Core Suppose we…
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What do we do if we come across a circuit more complex than the simple…
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Now that we’ve seen how series and parallel AC circuit analysis…
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The voltage divider is a circuit used to create a voltage less than or equal to the input voltage.
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If some percentage of an amplifier’s output signal is connected…
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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
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Suppose you were installing a high-power stereo system in your car,…
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Before we begin to explore the effects of resistors, inductors, and…
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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 this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog integrator using an operational amplifier and learn about integration functions, op amp input bias currents, and how to limit the voltage swing of a potentiometer.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog differentiator circuit that outputs a signal proportional to the rate-of-change and learn about one of the advantages of analog circuits.
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! One of the fundamental principles of…
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Inductors, like all electrical components, have limitations which must…
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Suppose we wished to measure the resistance of some component located…
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If two coils of wire are brought into close proximity with each other…
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A bistable multivibrator has two stable states, as indicated by the…
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A peak detector is a series connection of a diode and a…
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When first approaching a failed or otherwise misbehaving system, the…
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Additive Identity a + 0 = a Multiplicative Identity 1a = a…
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Note: all angles (x) must be expressed in units of radians for these…
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Voltage Components in a parallel circuit share the same voltage:…
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Identify the type of logic gate shown in this schematic diagram, and…
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Identify which direction each potentiometer wiper must move in this…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use potentiometers to vary a voltage and learn about voltage divider ratios and potentiometer applications.
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In an astable circuit, the output voltage alternates between VCC and 0 volts on a continuous basis. This calculator will help you design an oscillator using a 555 timer IC.
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Two relatively recent technologies designed to reduce the…
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This tool calculates a capacitor's reactance for a given capacitance value and signal frequency.
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A special type of relay is one that monitors the current, voltage,…
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Testing a JFET with a multimeter might seem to be a relatively easy…
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It should be common-sense knowledge that liquids flow through…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
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Introduction Whenever an electric voltage exists between two separated…
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Using the same value components in our series example circuit, we will…
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How much voltage is there between the following pairs of points in…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a monostable multivibrator using a 555 timer IC and learn about RC time constant charging and how a one-shot timer operates.
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An oscilloscope is a very useful piece of electronic test equipment.…
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As was stated in the last chapter, there is more than one type of…
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Design a passive circuit that will create a "split” ( V/-V) power…
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Identify which trigonometric functions (sine, cosine, or tangent) are…
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There are many different types of power sources, and here some of the…
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This calculator computes for the capacitor charge time and energy, given the supply voltage and the added series resistance.
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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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In order to work with complex numbers without drawing vectors, we…
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One of the more fascinating applications of electricity is in the…
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Insulated gate field-effect transistors are unipolar devices just like…
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The electrical resistance of a conductor at any temperature may be…
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Instantaneous Values in AC Circuits Pure resistive AC circuit:…
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The SPICE circuit simulation computer program uses scientific notation…
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In the common-emitter section of this chapter, we saw a SPICE analysis…
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