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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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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, 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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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
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(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…
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Our exploration of thyristors begins with a device called the…
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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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A third variation on the counter-DAC-based converter theme is, in my…
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What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…
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In instrumentation circuitry, DC signals are often used as analog…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, construct a common-emitter amplifier using a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) and learn about amplifier gain and feedback.
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Capacitors, like all electrical components, have limitations that must…
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Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…
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Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
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This calculator will determine the square root, cube root, or nth root of a given number, x.
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Early in my explorations of electricity, I came across a length of…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog voltage comparator circuit and learn how open-loop operational amplifiers function.
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