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The electrons of different types of atoms have different degrees of…
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Pure resistive AC circuit: voltage and current are in phase. …
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a resistive voltage divider and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's voltage law (KVL) function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.
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In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…
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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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Ohm’s Law also makes intuitive sense if you apply it to the…
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Remember that this tutorial is not exhaustive by any means, and that…
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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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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Schmitt trigger using a 555 timer and learn about hysteresis and the inner workings of the extremely versatile 555 timer IC.
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In simple reactive circuits with little or no resistance, the effects…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build capacitor charging and discharging circuits and learn how to calculate the RC time constant of resistor-capacitor circuits.
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To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…
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Let’s take the following example circuit and analyze it: …
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Capacitors do not have a stable “resistance” as conductors…
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Whenever electrons flow through a conductor, a magnetic field will…
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The SPICE (Simulation Program, Integrated Circuit Emphesis)…
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The following problems are arranged in order from most likely to least…
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What factors determine where potentiometers Rpot1 and Rpot2 must be…
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Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…
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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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A thyristor is a device that has a number of unusual characteristics.…
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Note the “50 ohm” rating printed on the jacket of the cable. What…
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As a first example of useful combinational logic, let’s build a…
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When an alternator produces AC voltage, the voltage switches polarity…
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Solve this equation for the value of x: x + 5 = 8 How many exact…
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Has the system ever worked before? If yes, has anything happened to…
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A transistor is a semiconductor device that controls current with the…
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One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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There are three major kinds of power supplies: unregulated (also…
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With BogusBus, our signals were very simple and straightforward: each…
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So far we have been finding Sum-Of-Product (SOP) solutions to logic…
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The discovery of the relationship between magnetism and electricity…
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When capacitors are connected in series, the total capacitance is…
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Though mechanical ohmmeter (resistance meter) designs are rarely used…
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Electronic power conversion circuits known…
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The SPICE circuit simulation computer program uses scientific notation…
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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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A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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A high-pass filter’s task is just the opposite of a low-pass…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build capacitor charging and discharging circuits and learn how to calculate the RC time constant of resistor-capacitor circuits.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a 3-bit down counter using J-K flip-flops and learn about asynchronous counter functionality.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a pulse-width modulator power controller for a light and learn the basics of PWM signals.
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The Insulated-Gate Field-Effect Transistor (IGFET), also known as…
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Power Capacity As has already been observed, transformers must be well…
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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Definition of a Radical Given the expression where “x” is…
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At the beginning of this chapter, it illustrates how transistors could…
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For ease of drawing complex circuit diagrams, electronic amplifiers…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave bridge rectifier using silicon diodes and learn some of this circuit's advantages and disadvantages.
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Thyristors are a broad classification of bipolar-conducting…
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The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
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