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Inductor Transient Response

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Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…

Inductor Quirks

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

Circuit Components

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

Time Constant Circuits

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Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…

Voltmeter Impact on Measured Circuit

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

Voltage and Current Calculations

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

DC Lab - Rheostat Range Limiting

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use series and parallel resistor networks to precisely adjust the range and zero point of a rheostat.

Biasing Techniques (BJT)

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In the common-emitter section of this chapter, we saw a SPICE analysis…

Tube Lab - Vacuum Tube Audio Amplifier

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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.

Active Filters

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

Series Resistor-Capacitor Circuits

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In the last section, we learned what would happen in simple…

Performance-Based Assessments for AC Circuit Competencies

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AC Motor Control Circuits

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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

Creating Custom Calibration Resistances

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Often in the course of designing and building electrical meter…

Differential Transistor Amplifiers

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DC Lab - Rate-of-change Indicator

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog differentiator circuit that outputs a signal proportional to the rate-of-change and learn about one of the advantages of analog circuits.

Voltage Divider Circuits

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

Mutual Inductance and Basic Operation

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Behaviors of Inductors wrapped around a Conductive Core Suppose we…

Si Lab - Multi-stage Amplifier

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, construct a three-stage common-emitter amplifier using bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about multi-stage gain and feedback.

Oscillator Circuits

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

AC Motor Theory

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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…

Regulated Power Sources

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Si Lab - Full-wave Bridge Rectifier With Output Filtering

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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.

Resistors Types

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These are the most common types of resistors available. Resistors…

Capacitor Transient Response

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

Superposition Theorem

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Thevenin’s, Norton’s, and Maximum Power Transfer Theorems

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Suppose a 12 volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 20…

Inductor Transient Response

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Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…

DC Lab - Sensitive Voltage Detector With Audio Output

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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.

Kelvin (4-wire) Resistance Measurement

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Suppose we wished to measure the resistance of some component located…

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.

Wheatstone Bridge Calculator

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This calculator helps determine the resistance of a variable resistor within a Wheatstone bridge circuit or the differential voltage created across the bridge terminals.

Building Series-Parallel Resistor Circuits

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Once again, when building battery/resistor circuits, the student or…

Clipper and Clamper Circuits

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

Voltage Divider Calculator

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The voltage divider is a circuit used to create a voltage less than or equal to the input voltage.

Electrical Energy Calculator

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This calculator will determine the instantaneous energy, sustained energy, and power consumed by an electrical system given two of the three electrical parameters (voltage, current, or resistance) and the time.

Algebraic Substitution for Electric Circuits

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There are two basic Ohm’s Law equations: one relating voltage,…

Active Filters

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

Intro Lab - Resistor Power Dissipation

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will examine the heat generated by resistors and maybe even make one smoke! Also, learn to calculate power dissipation using Joule's law and resistor power ratings.

Circuit Components

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

Protective Relay Circuits

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Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…

Complex Number Arithmetic

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Since complex numbers are legitimate mathematical entities, just like…

SPICE Simulation of Series and Parallel Circuits

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Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…

EIRP Calculator

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A helpful tool for computing the Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of an antenna

Performance-Based Assessments for DC Circuit Competencies

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Batteries

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If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…

Bit Grouping

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The singular reason for learning and using the binary numeration…

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.

Edge Coupled Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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This tool helps calculate the impedance of an edge-coupled microstrip.

Voltage Divider Circuits

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Let’s analyze a simple series circuit and determine the voltage…

Voltage Regulation

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As we saw in a few SPICE analyses earlier in this chapter, the output…

Wiring Color Codes

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Wiring for AC and DC power distribution branch circuits are color…

Voltage Signal Systems

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The use of variable voltage for instrumentation signals seems a rather…

Static Electricity

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What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…

Voltmeter Impact on Measured Circuit

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

Special Diodes

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Class A BJT Amplifiers

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TTL NAND and AND gates

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Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…

Resistor Color Codes

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Try out our Resistor Color Code Calculator in our Tools section.…

Autotransformers

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How much voltage is there between the following pairs of points in…