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Minterm vs Maxterm Solution

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So far we have been finding Sum-Of-Product (SOP) solutions to logic…

AC Lab - Automotive Alternator as AC Generator

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an automotive alternator to generate three-phase AC voltage and learn how alternators can function as both generators and motors.

Basic Voltmeter Use

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What will this voltmeter register when connected to a battery as shown…

Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

Inductance

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! One of the fundamental principles of…

Microstrip Max Current Calculator

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A calculator for solving the maximum current a microstrip can handle.

Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…

DIY EE Lab - Setting Up a Home Electronics Lab

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To build the DIY electronics projects described in this textbook, you will need a small work area, a few tools, and some basic electronics supplies. This page describes the setup of a low-cost home electronics laboratory.

Edge Coupled Trace Inductance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute for the inductance of an edge coupled trace.

Printed Circuit Board Layout and Manufacture

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When a PCB designer speaks of dimensions in thous or mils, what does…

Boolean Algebra

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

Basic Circuit Troubleshooting

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Determine if the light bulb will de-energize for each of the following…

Design Project: Power Inverter

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

Kirchhoff’s Laws

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Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…

Wire Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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A helpful tool for calculating the impedance of a wire microstrip.

Mutual Inductance and Basic Operation

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Behaviors of Inductors wrapped around a Conductive Core Suppose we…

Basic Ohmmeter Use

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Explain how an ohmmeter is able to measure the resistance of a…

Microstrip Crosstalk Calculator

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This tool is designed to calculate cross-talk coefficient and coupled voltage for a microstrip.

Re-drawing Complex Schematics

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Typically, complex circuits are not arranged in nice, neat, clean…

Factors Affecting Inductance

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There are four basic factors of inductor construction determining the…

Circuits and the Speed of Light

Textbook

Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…

Temperature Coefficients of Resistance Table

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Temperature coefficient (α) per degree C: Material Element/Alloy…

Conductor Ampacity

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The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…

Basic Operational Amplifiers

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Determine the output voltage polarity of this op-amp (with reference…

Snell’s Law Calculator

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Given three of the four input parameters (refractive indices, angles of incidence, and refraction) this tool calculates the missing variable based on Snell's law.

Factorials

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Definition of a Factorial Denoted by the symbol “!” after…

Superposition Theorem

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

Clamper Circuits

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The circuits in the figure below are known as clampers or DC…

Digital-to-Analog Conversion

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If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…

The Importance of Electrical Safety

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With this lesson, I hope to avoid a common mistake found in…

Analog Lab - High-impedance Voltmeter

Textbook

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a high-impedance voltmeter and learn about circuit loading and how to use op amps to reduce loading effects.

Voltmeter Design

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As was stated earlier, most meter movements are sensitive devices.…

Calculating Electric Power

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

Delta-Sigma ADC

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One of the more advanced ADC technologies is the so-called…

Edge-triggered Latches: Flip-Flops

Textbook

So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…

Vol IV. Credits

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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

Digital Lab - S-R Flip-flop Using NAND Gates

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an edge-triggered S-R flip-flop, learn the difference between a latch and a flip-flop, and experience how a switch bounce can cause logic errors.

Wire Microstrip Impedance Calculator

Tools

A helpful tool for calculating the impedance of a wire microstrip.

Microphones

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Explain how a moving-coil, or dynamic microphone works. Identify how…

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.

Transistor Ratings and Packages (JFET)

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Safe Circuit Design

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As we saw earlier, a power system with no secure connection to earth…

Special-purpose Diodes

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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…

DC Motor Theory

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If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…

Si Lab - BJT Common-emitter Amplifier

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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.

N-Way Power Divider Calculator

Tools

This calculator determines the total path loss provided by an RF n-way power splitter.

The Quadratic Formula

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Solving for x in a given polynomial equation “ax2 + bx + c…

Resistance

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

Digital Lab - S-R Latch With Enable Input using NAND Gates

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an S-R latch with an enabled input using four NAND gates and learn more about digital circuit functionality.

AC Bridge Circuits

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

Tachogenerators

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An electromechanical generator is a device capable of producing…

Impedance

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

Radar Maximum Range Calculator

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

Battery Construction

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The word battery simply means a group of similar components. In…

Negative Feedback OpAmp Circuits

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

Diode Ratings

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In addition to forward voltage drop (Vf) and peak inverse voltage…

Memory with moving parts: “Drives”

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The earliest forms of digital data storage involving moving parts was…

Basic Troubleshooting Strategies

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A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…

Ring Counters

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If the output of a shift register is fed back to the input. a ring…

Microprocessor Programming

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The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…