Remember that this tutorial is not exhaustive by any means, and that…
Identify which trigonometric functions (sine, cosine, or tangent) are…
As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…
The table method provides a structured methodology for ensuring you…
Wiring Color Codes Infographic. Released under the Creative Commons…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Learn About L/R Time Constants It is often perplexing to new students…
A handy all-in-one tool for reading resistor color code values for a 4 band resistor, 5 band resistor, or 6 band resistor.
The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use series and parallel resistor networks to precisely adjust the range and zero point of a rheostat.
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Identify some of the different types of capacitors, and their…
In an ideal case, an inductor acts as a purely reactive device. That…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a large AC permanent capacitor split-phase induction motor and learn the principles of AC induction motor function.
In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…
By definition, a low-pass filter is a circuit offering easy passage to…
Our exploration of thyristors begins with a device called the…
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
Whenever electrons flow through a conductor, a magnetic field will…
A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
The Programmable Logic Controller, or PLC, was invented in the late…
Our exploration of thyristors begins with a device called the…
So far, we’ve explored tubes which are totally…
During the early development of telephone technology, a unit was…
It is sometimes useful in logic circuits to have a multivibrator which…
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Using an example, learn about the different bias techniques for junction field effect transistors (JFETs) like the constant voltage bias, self-bias configuration, and voltage divider biasing.
Testing a JFET with a multimeter might seem to be a relatively easy…
It may seem difficult to even start on a project such as this, with no…
What does the acronym RF stand form, in reference to radio-related…
Identify which trigonometric functions (sine, cosine, or tangent) are…
A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…
Current Source It is possible through the use of electronic amplifiers…
Since transformers are essentially AC devices, we need to be aware of…
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What is Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)? The principle known as…
Often in the course of designing and building electrical meter…
This balanced attenuator calculator helps you determine the resistor (R1) values for a balanced attenuator.
This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a circular waveguide
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This calculator shows the peak-to-peak voltage (VP-P) value from the peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.
Add the following binary numbers:
Programming a circuit simulation with SPICE is much like programming…
Figure below shows a photodiode amplifier for measuring low levels of…
Wiring Color Codes Infographic. Released under the Creative Commons…
In any electrically conductive substance, what are charge carriers?…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
This chapter explores the response of capacitors and inductors to…
What is Rectification? Now we come to the most popular application of…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…
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 the common-emitter section of this chapter, we saw a SPICE analysis…
In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…
If we were to express the series-connected DC voltages as phasors…
