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The following circuits are pre-tested netlists for SPICE 2g6, complete…
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Standing waves at the resonant frequency points of an open- or…
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The table method provides a structured methodology for ensuring you…
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Dielectric strength in kilovolts per inch (kV/in): Material*…
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When plotted on a curve tracer, the characteristic curve for a normal…
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Generators used in battery-charging systems must be regulated so as to…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build resistive current dividers and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's current law function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.
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(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…
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The circuit in the previous section is not a very practical one. In…
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A circuit with an inductor (L) and capacitor (C) connected in parallel or series will have a resonant frequency at which their impedances are equal. Given two of the three values—inductance, capacitance, or resonant frequency—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.
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Suppose you were installing a high-power stereo system in your car,…
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What is Conductance? In the study of DC circuits, the student of…
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This calculator provides three options—basic, intermediate, and advanced—for determining expected battery life for microcontroller, Internet of Things (IoT), and edge processing systems with up to four different operating modes.
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As with inductors, the ideal capacitor is a purely reactive device,…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a variable conductor and learn the impact of a metal core placed inside an inductor coil has on the inductance.
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The concept and measurement units of resistance are most often used…
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Let’s analyze a simple series circuit and determine the voltage…
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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
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A tool designed to compute the values to be used in a T-match Impedance Circuit
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What is Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)? The principle known as…
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Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…
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Whenever there is a mismatch of impedance between transmission line…
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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
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Label where each of the following electrical quantities would be found…
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Synchronous motors load the power line with a leading power factor.…
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A voltage multiplier is a specialized rectifier circuit producing…
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In the last section, we learned what would happen in simple…
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The final transistor amplifier configuration (Figure below) we need to…
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A tool designed to calculate the characteristic impedance of a twisted-pair cable
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An unbalanced Wheatstone bridge cannot be solved using simple series…
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If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…
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This calculates the capacitance of a capacitor based on its charge, Q, and its voltage, V, according to the formula, C=Q/V.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will create a battery from a potato (yes! a potato) and learn about the relationship between chemical energy and electric energy.
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Up until this point, our analysis of transistor logic circuits has…
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Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…
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In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…
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The Q, or quality, factor of a resonant circuit is a measure of the…
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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a wire loop.
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A calculator for computing the inductance of a coaxial cable.
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Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…
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A circuit with an inductor (L) and capacitor (C) connected in parallel or series will have a resonant frequency at which their impedances are equal. Given two of the three values—inductance, capacitance, or resonant frequency—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.
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Phase shift oscillator. R1C1, R2C2, and R3C3 each provide 60° of…
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A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…
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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
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Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, construct a common-emitter amplifier using a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) and learn about amplifier gain and feedback.
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There are circumstances when you may need to analyze a DC reactive…
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Varicap or varactor diodes A variable capacitance diode is known as a…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave rectifier for AC to DC conversion and learn about center-tapped transformers.
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This calculator computes the inductance of a wire coil.
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After applying some of the general troubleshooting tips to narrow the…
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If we take three equal resistors and connect one end of each to a…
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