Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.
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While Oersted’s surprising discovery of electromagnetism paved…
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Explain how an ohmmeter is able to measure the resistance of a…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Let’s take the same components for our series example circuit…
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In simple reactive circuits with little or no resistance, the effects…
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Using the same value components in our series example circuit, we will…
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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
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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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Capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, and…
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A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…
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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for an inverting op-amp.
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This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
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Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…
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When capacitors are connected in series, the total capacitance is…
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(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…
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Identify which direction each potentiometer wiper must move in this…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Class B push-pull audio amplifier to drive a speaker and learn about crossover distortion and how to minimize it using negative feedback.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator using a 555 timer and learn the theory of operation of the 555 timer when configured as an astable multivibrator.
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This tool is designed to calculate the maximum distance (range) that a radar can detect
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Long before the advent of digital electronic technology, computers…
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Electromechanical relays used to start and stop high-power electric…
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In an astable circuit, the output voltage alternates between VCC and 0 volts on a continuous basis. This calculator will help you design an oscillator using a 555 timer IC.
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Periodic table of chemical elements.
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Early in my explorations of electricity, I came across a length of…
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What is Rectification? Now we come to the most popular application of…
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If some percentage of an amplifier’s output signal is connected…
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Up until this point, our analysis of transistor logic circuits has…
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The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…
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To express a quantity in a different metric prefix from how it was…
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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
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During the early development of telephone technology, a unit was…
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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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This tool is designed to convert power ratios to decibel
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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If a block of P-type semiconductor is placed in contact with a block…
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Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…
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A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…
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It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
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NAND and NOR gates possess a special property: they are universal.…
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Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…
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The use of variable voltage for instrumentation signals seems a rather…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use potentiometers to vary a voltage and learn about voltage divider ratios and potentiometer applications.
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If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…
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The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…
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Critical temperatures given in Kelvins Material Element/Alloy Critical…
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This tool calculates the dimensions of the microstrip patch antenna given the desired operating frequency.
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It may seem difficult to even start on a project such as this, with no…
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Designing Wire Resistance Conductor ampacity rating is a crude…
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In this introduction to series resistance circuits, we will explain…
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A popular use of diodes is for the mitigation of inductive…
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By now you should be well aware of the correlation between electrical…
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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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A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…
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As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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An oscilloscope is a very useful piece of electronic test equipment.…
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