In an ideal case, an inductor acts as a purely reactive device. That…
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The electrons of different types of atoms have different degrees of…
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In this hands-on semiconductor experiment, build an improved full-wave rectifier with output filtering and learn about capacitive filtering in AC-to-DC power converters.
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Identify which direction each potentiometer wiper must move in this…
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What is Conductance? In the study of DC circuits, the student of…
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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for an inverting op-amp.
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What factors determine where potentiometers Rpot1 and Rpot2 must be…
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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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In this introduction to series resistance circuits, we will explain…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple RC circuit that demonstrates phase shift and learn how out-of-phase AC voltages do not add algebraically.
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Instantaneous Values in AC Circuits Pure resistive AC circuit:…
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How is it possible to electrically measure the torque output by a…
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As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…
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Capacitors, like all electrical components, have limitations that must…
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The principle of non-sinusoidal, repeating waveforms being equivalent…
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This article explains the step-by-step process for determining the…
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The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
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In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…
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Remember that vectors are mathematical objects just like numbers on a…
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A calculator for computing the inductance of a coaxial cable.
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Behaviors of Inductors wrapped around a Conductive Core Suppose we…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a 12 V alternating current (AC) power supply using a step-down transformer and learn about transformer operation and the purpose of tapped windings.
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Let’s begin with a semiconductor gate circuit in need of…
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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.
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…
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Let’s count from zero to twenty using four different kinds of…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will construct a voltage detector with adjustable sensitivity and audio output, and you will learn a method for detecting small electrical signals without an oscilloscope.
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Instrumentation is a field of study and work centering on measurement…
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Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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If at all possible, shut off the power to a circuit before performing…
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In these hands-on semiconductor electronics experiments, learn to build and test circuits using discrete silicon (Si) devices, including diodes and transistors. Also, learn important circuit designs, including rectifiers, current mirrors, amplifiers, and oscillators.
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Dielectric strength in kilovolts per inch (kV/in): Material*…
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The structure behind ladder logic is based on the electrical ladder…
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A Link Budget puts into account all gains and losses a signal goes through in a system as it is transmitted. The calculator calculates the power of the received signal given amplifier and antenna gains, and medium loss.
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The Voltage Gain Because amplifiers have the ability to increase the…
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Although transistor switching circuits operate without bias, it is…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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A calculator for computing several parameters needed in the design of a flyback switch mode regulator
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Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…
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This balanced attenuator calculator helps you determine the resistor (R1) values for a balanced attenuator.
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A tool designed to convert RF power from watts to decibels and vice versa
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Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
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It may seem difficult to even start on a project such as this, with no…
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(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…
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