Determine if the light bulb will de-energize for each of the following…
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Over the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…
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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an embedded microstrip.
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A calculator for solving the maximum current a microstrip can handle.
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When a PCB designer speaks of dimensions in thous or mils, what does…
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This calculator determines the resistance of a microstrip trace
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Often in the course of designing and building electrical meter…
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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.
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Both soldering irons and soldering guns are tools used in the process…
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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.
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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a broadside coupled trace.
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Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…
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A helpful tool for calculating the impedance of a wire microstrip.
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The Functionality of Diode Polarity Being able to determine the…
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Ampacities of copper wire, in free air at 30o C: INSULATION TYPE…
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A calculator designed to calculate the trace width of a stripline based on the maximum current rating
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! One of the fundamental principles of…
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Capacitors, like all electrical components, have limitations that must…
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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.
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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
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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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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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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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Also known as the stairstep-ramp, or simply counter A/D converter,…
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A calculator designed to calculate the trace width of a stripline based on the maximum current rating
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To express a quantity in a different metric prefix from how it was…
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If your event sensing switch is mechanical in nature, you will likely…
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We can take the same components from the series circuit and rearrange…
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Solid Copper Wire Table Size Diameter (inches) Cross-sectional area…
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A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…
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Thyristors are a broad classification of bipolar-conducting…
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Define what noise means, in the electrical sense of the word. How does…
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One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
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This calculator allows you to solve for any of the six variables in the Friis formula for RF transmission: transmitter power, transmitter gain, receiver power, receiver gain, frequency, or distance.
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SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…
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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.
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The Use of Logic Gate Inverters and buffers exhaust the possibilities…
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Design a passive circuit that will create a "split” ( V/-V) power…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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“Garbage in, garbage out.” —Anonymous SPICE…
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A calculator for computing the impedance of a wire stripline.
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When lightning strikes, nearby magnetic compass needles may be seen to…
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Solve this equation for the value of x: x + 5 = 8 How many exact…
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This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a Pi Attenuator.
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Let us begin our exploration of Boolean algebra by adding numbers…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will sense AC magnetic fields using a simple wire coil and learn about AC signal coupling, orientation effects, and the impact of shielding using different materials.
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The half-adder is extremely useful until you want to add more than one…
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When a PCB designer speaks of dimensions in thous or mils, what does…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator using a 555 timer and learn the theory of operation of the 555 timer when configured as an astable multivibrator.
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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In instrumentation circuitry, DC signals are often used as analog…
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What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
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The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…
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Seeing as how a common meter movement can be made to function as a…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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Two relatively recent technologies designed to reduce the…
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Temperature coefficient (α) per degree C: Material Element/Alloy…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will learn about electromagnetic induction using an electromagnet and a permanent magnet.
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