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Analog Lab - Op Amp Integrator

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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.

Circuit Components

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Remember that this tutorial is not exhaustive by any means, and that…

Capacitor Impedance Calculator

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This tool calculates a capacitor's reactance for a given capacitance value and signal frequency.

Capacitor Charge and Time Constant Calculator

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This calculator computes for the capacitor charge time and energy, given the supply voltage and the added series resistance.

LC Resonant Frequency Calculator

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A circuit with an inductor (L) and capacitor (C) connected in parallel or series will have a resonant frequency at which their impedances are equal. Given two of the three values—inductance, capacitance, or resonant frequency—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.

Factors Affecting Inductance

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There are four basic factors of inductor construction determining the…

Capacitance Calculator

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This calculates the capacitance of a capacitor based on its charge, Q, and its voltage, V, according to the formula, C=Q/V.

Negative Feedback OpAmp Circuits

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Voltage and Current Calculations

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There’s a sure way to calculate any of the values in a reactive…

Series-Parallel Combination AC Circuits

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Capacitor Transient Response

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Because capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, they…

Design Project: Audio Tone Control

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Suppose you were installing a high-power stereo system in your car,…

Series R, L, and C

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Let’s take the following example circuit and analyze it:  …

Resonance in Series-Parallel Circuits

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In simple reactive circuits with little or no resistance, the effects…

Time Constant Calculations

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Capacitor Quirks

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As with inductors, the ideal capacitor is a purely reactive device,…

RC Time Constant Calculator

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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.

AC Power

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If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…

AC Network Analysis

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Inductor Transient Response

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Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…

Electromagnetic Induction

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While Oersted’s surprising discovery of electromagnetism paved…

Specific Resistance

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Designing Wire Resistance Conductor ampacity rating is a crude…

AC Capacitor Circuits

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Capacitors Vs. Resistors Capacitors do not behave the same as…

Parallel Resistor Calculator

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Calculate the equivalent resistance of up to six resistors in parallel with ease while learning how to calculate resistance in parallel and the parallel resistance formula.

Design Project: Audio Tone Control

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Suppose you were installing a high-power stereo system in your car,…

Performance-Based Assessments for AC Circuit Competencies

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Inductor Quirks

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In an ideal case, an inductor acts as a purely reactive device. That…

Intermediate Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

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As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…

DC Bridge Circuits

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Si Lab - Commutating Diode

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple circuit that will teach you how to use a commutating diode to reduce inductive kickback.

Series LED Resistor Calculator

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This series LED resistance calculator is perfect for when you have a single LED or a number of the same color of LEDs in series and need to know which resistor you should use.

Introduction to Conductance and Conductors

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By now you should be well aware of the correlation between electrical…

Polarity of voltage drops

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When using conventional current flow, we can trace the direction of…

AC Lab - LC Tank Circuit

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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.

Insulator Breakdown Voltage

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The atoms in insulating materials have very tightly-bound electrons,…

Voltmeter Impact on Measured Circuit

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Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…

Circuit Components

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Remember that this tutorial is not exhaustive by any means, and that…

DC Lab - Potentiometer Voltage Divider

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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.

Calculating Electric Power

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Learn the Power Formula We’ve seen the formula for determining…

Switch Contact Design

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A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…

Basic Algebra and Graphing for Electric Circuits

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Many different equations used in the analysis of electric circuits may…

Si Lab - Zener Diode Voltage Regulator

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple DC voltage regulator circuit and learn how to use reverse-biased Zener diodes as voltage clamps.

Static Electricity

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It was discovered centuries ago that certain types of materials would…

Synchronous Condenser

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Synchronous motors load the power line with a leading power factor.…

Torque Conversion Calculator

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A tool designed to convert between units of torque

Properties of Exponents

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Product of Powers Property am an = am+n   Power of a Product…

Circuit Simplification Examples

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Let’s begin with a semiconductor gate circuit in need of…

Signal Modulation

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A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…

Overcurrent Protection

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What hazards might be posed by a circuit with excessive current going…

Digital Codes

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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…

Si Lab - Simple Op Amp

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a custom operational amplifier (op amp) and learn about the application of current mirrors and the use of negative feedback in op amp circuits.

The Common-base Amplifier

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The final transistor amplifier configuration (Figure below) we need to…

More on Spectrum Analysis

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Computerized Fourier analysis, particularly in the form of the FFT…

Three-phase Power Systems

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What is Split-Phase Power Systems? Split-phase power systems achieve…

Battery Ratings

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Because batteries create current flow in a circuit by exchanging…

AC Commutator Motors

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Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…

Radar Maximum Range Calculator

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This tool is designed to calculate the maximum distance (range) that a radar can detect

Current Divider Circuits

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Broadside Coupled Trace Inductance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a broadside coupled trace.

Electrical Signal Types

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With BogusBus, our signals were very simple and straightforward: each…