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.
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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.
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Learn About L/R Time Constants It is often perplexing to new students…
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Inductors, like all electrical components, have limitations which must…
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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
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The voltage divider is a circuit used to create a voltage less than or equal to the input voltage.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator with hysteresis from a Schmitt trigger and learn how to use it to create an RC oscillator and a method to configure a 555 timer as an astable multivibrator.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a pulse-width modulator power controller for a light and learn the basics of PWM signals.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple voltmeter and ammeter while learning some fundamentals about circuit measurements.
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
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Capacitors Vs. Resistors Capacitors do not behave the same as…
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In the last section, we learned what would happen in simple…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build resistive current dividers and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's current law function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.
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While Oersted’s surprising discovery of electromagnetism paved…
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There are four basic factors of inductor construction determining the…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Schmitt trigger using a 555 timer and learn about hysteresis and the inner workings of the extremely versatile 555 timer IC.
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In this introduction to series resistance circuits, we will explain…
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A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…
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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.
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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.
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Capacitors Vs. Resistors Capacitors do not behave the same as…
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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.
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Calculate circuit parameters using Ohm's Law
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A similar effect happens in series inductive/capacitive circuits. When…
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There are two basic Ohm’s Law equations: one relating voltage,…
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Identify which trigonometric functions (sine, cosine, or tangent) are…
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As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…
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Design a passive circuit that will create a "split” ( V/-V) power…
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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 a red LED flasher with a transistor drive to control the current and learn how to use transistors to provide current gain and how to limit LED current.
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A parallel circuit is often called a current divider for its ability…
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Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the…
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The use of variable voltage for instrumentation signals seems a rather…
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As we’ve already learned, electricity requires a complete path…
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The atoms in insulating materials have very tightly-bound electrons,…
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Any kind of switch contact can be designed so that the contacts…
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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.
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Reactive Power We know that reactive loads such as inductors and…
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This calculates values of the inductance, capacitance of an inductor and capacitor used in a Butterworth LC bandpass filter.
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, an electronic musical keyboard will be used as a variable-frequency AC signal generator to learn the difference between AC amplitude and frequency.
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A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…
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