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The time constant of a series RC circuit is the product of the resistance and capacitance. Given two of the three values—resistance, capacitance, or RC time constant—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.
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Capacitors, like all electrical components, have limitations that must…
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As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…
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Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…
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This calculator calculates the resistivity of a component based on its resistance value, length, and cross-sectional area.
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Dielectric strength in kilovolts per inch (kV/in): Material*…
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Resonance in a Tank Circuit A condition of resonance will be…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Before we begin to explore the effects of resistors, inductors, and…
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Let’s take the same components for our series example circuit…
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What factors determine where potentiometers Rpot1 and Rpot2 must be…
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“Advances are made by answering questions. Discoveries are made…
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When inductors are connected in series, the total inductance is the…
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The Q, or quality, factor of a resonant circuit is a measure of the…
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Suppose we wished to measure the resistance of some component located…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a parallel resonant inductor-capacitor circuit and learn about oscillation, resonant frequency, and damping.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a null-balancing potentiometric voltmeter and learn how to prevent a voltmeter from changing the voltage it is measuring.
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In this introduction to parallel resistance circuits, we will explain…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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In instrumentation circuitry, DC signals are often used as analog…
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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a symmetric stripline.
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As we saw earlier, a power system with no secure connection to earth…
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OK, so how exactly can we represent AC quantities of voltage or…
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Mutual inductors are inductors that capitalize the effect of mutual…
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This calculator computes the inductance of a microstrip etched on a PCB.
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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Power in an electric circuit is the product (multiplication) of…
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A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…
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Because the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in…
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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a broadside coupled trace.
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Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…
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In many circuit applications, we encounter components connected…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a half-wave rectifier circuit using a silicon diode and learn about the differences between permanent magnet motor operation on AC vs. DC power.
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Fundamentally, an amplifier is a device that takes in a low-power…
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How is it possible to assign a fixed value of voltage or current (such…
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Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…
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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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Guidelines to Series-Parallel Combination Circuit Analysis The goal of…
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Let’s begin with a semiconductor gate circuit in need of…
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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for a non-inverting Op-Amp
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Suppose I were about to measure an unknown voltage with a manual-range…
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There are two basic Ohm’s Law equations: one relating voltage,…
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There are not too many circuit symbols for bipolar transistors. There…
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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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The peak voltage calculator calculates peak voltage values from the peak-to-peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.
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Power in an electric circuit is the product (multiplication) of…
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This chapter will cover the physics behind the operation of…
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The earliest forms of digital data storage involving moving parts was…
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Definition of a Logarithm “log” denotes a…
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Buses and networks are designed to allow communication to occur…
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Write the following exponential expressions in expanded form: 101 =…
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Starting with circle A in a rectangular A’ universe in figure…
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How to Create a Band-stop Filter? Also called band-elimination,…
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As we’ve already learned, electricity requires a complete path…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an audio amplifier using a vacuum tube (triode) and learn about voltage transformers, how to build a high-voltage DC power supply, and how to use a transformer for impedance matching.
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