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Digital Logic Signals

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A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…

Series DC Circuits Practice Worksheet with Answers

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In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of current (4…

Why L/R and not LR?

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Learn About L/R Time Constants It is often perplexing to new students…

DC Lab - Potentiometer as a Rheostat

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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.

Voltmeter Impact on Measured Circuit

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

Time Constant Circuits

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

AC Bridge Circuits

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As we saw with DC measurement circuits, the circuit configuration…

Parallel Resistor-Capacitor Circuits

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Using the same value components in our series example circuit, we will…

Q Factor and Bandwidth of a Resonant Circuit

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The Q, or quality, factor of a resonant circuit is a measure of the…

Zener Diodes

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

DC Motor Control Circuits

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How is it possible to electrically measure the torque output by a…

Series and Parallel AC Circuits

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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…

Capacitor Quirks

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

Building Resistor Circuits Using Breadboards, Perfboards, and Terminal Strips

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Over the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…

Simultaneous Equations for Circuit Analysis

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Solve this equation for the value of x: x + 5 = 8 How many exact…

Biasing Techniques (BJT)

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

Signal Modulation

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A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…

PN Junctions

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

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.

Lenz’s Law and Faraday’s Law Calculator

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This calculator uses Faraday's and Lenz's laws to calculate the magnitude and polarity of the induced electromotive force (EMF) caused by a change in magnetic flux through a closed-loop coil.

Peak Detector

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A peak detector is a series connection of a diode and a…

Switch Contact Design

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

Conductors, Insulators, and Electron Flow

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The electrons of different types of atoms have different degrees of…

Inverting Op-Amp Resistor Calculator

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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for an inverting op-amp.

Electromagnetic Induction

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While Oersted’s surprising discovery of electromagnetism paved…

Transistor Biasing Calculations

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Although transistor switching circuits operate without bias, it is…

Thyristors

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

Advanced Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Electronic power conversion circuits known…

Specific Resistance

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Designing Wire Resistance Conductor ampacity rating is a crude…

Digital Logic Signals

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A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…

Inductors

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! A 5 H inductor is subjected to an electric…

Feedback

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If some percentage of an amplifier’s output signal is connected…

AC Resistor Circuits (Capacitive)

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Pure resistive AC circuit: voltage and current are in phase.  …

Resistance

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The circuit in the previous section is not a very practical one. In…

Electric Fields and Capacitance

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Introduction Whenever an electric voltage exists between two separated…

Factors Affecting Capacitance

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There are three basic factors of capacitor construction determining…

True, Reactive, and Apparent Power

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Reactive Power We know that reactive loads such as inductors and…

555 Lab - Blue LED Flasher With Voltage Doubler

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a blue LED flasher using a 555 timer and learn the basic theory of a voltage doubler using a transistor switch and a capacitor.

Capacitor Sizing Equation

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Capacitance Formula     Permittivity of Dielectric  …

Active Filters

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

Single-phase Power Systems

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Single phase power system schematic diagram shows little about the…

Magnetism

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A permanent magnet is a device that retains a magnetic field without…

Safe Meter Usage

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Using an electrical meter safely and efficiently is perhaps the most…

Meter Check of a Diode

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The Functionality of Diode Polarity Being able to determine the…

Characteristic Impedance

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The Parallel Wires of Infinite Length Suppose, though, that we had a…

AC Capacitor Circuits

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

Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)

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What is Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)? The principle known as…

Conventional Versus Electron Flow

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“The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of…

The Common-base Amplifier

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

Counter Modulus

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Microprocessors

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Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…

Inductors

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! A 5 H inductor is subjected to an electric…

Slope (integrating) ADC

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So far, we’ve only been able to escape the sheer volume of…

Octal and Hexadecimal to Decimal Conversion

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Although the prime intent of octal and hexadecimal numeration systems…

Thermocouples

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Seebeck Effect An interesting phenomenon applied in the field of…

Arithmetic with Scientific Notation

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The benefits of scientific notation do not end with ease of writing…

MESFETs

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The common-drain Amplifier (JFET)

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Design Project: Power Inverter

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A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…