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Polyphase Power Systems

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Explain the difference between a balanced polyphase system and an…

Edge Coupled Trace Inductance Calculator

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

Elementary Circuits

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In the simplest terms you can think of, define what an electrical…

Low-pass Filters

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By definition, a low-pass filter is a circuit offering easy passage to…

Factors Affecting Inductance

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There are four basic factors of inductor construction determining the…

Basic Voltmeter Use

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

Simple Circuits

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Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…

Questions relating to project management

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Basic Electricity Worksheet

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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?

Voltmeter Design

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Suppose I were about to measure an unknown voltage with a manual-range…

Inductance

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

Basic Ammeter Use

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Show how this ammeter would be connected to the light bulb circuit to…

Electrical Connections

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What, exactly, is necessary to establish electrical continuity between…

Building Resistor Circuits Using Breadboards, Perfboards, and Terminal Strips

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

Re-drawing Complex Schematics

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

Design Project: Power Inverter

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

Basic Circuit Troubleshooting

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

Printed Circuit Board Layout and Manufacture

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

Meter Check of a Diode

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The Functionality of Diode Polarity Being able to determine the…

Resistors

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Because the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in…

Soldering

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Both soldering irons and soldering guns are tools used in the process…

Heat Sink Calculator

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This calculator helps determine the maximum temperature a device can withstand

Microstrip Crosstalk Calculator

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

Encoders and Decoders

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What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…

Mutual Inductance and Basic Operation

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Behaviors of Inductors wrapped around a Conductive Core Suppose we…

Rectifying Diodes

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

Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) theory

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

Basic Oscilloscope Operation

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An oscilloscope is a very useful piece of electronic test equipment.…

Edge Coupled Trace Inductance Calculator

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

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.

Elementary Circuits

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In the simplest terms you can think of, define what an electrical…

Low-pass Filters

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By definition, a low-pass filter is a circuit offering easy passage to…

Polyphase Power Systems

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Explain the difference between a balanced polyphase system and an…

Simple Circuits

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Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…

Series-Parallel DC Circuits

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

Symmetric Stripline Impedance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a symmetric stripline.

Trace Resistance Calculator

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This calculator determines the resistance of a microstrip trace

Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

Basic Voltmeter Use

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

Performance-Based Assessments for Basic Electricity Competencies

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Junction Diodes

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There was some historic crude, but usable were some historic crude,…

The P-N Junction

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If a block of P-type semiconductor is placed in contact with a block…

Electromagnetic Induction

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While Oersted’s surprising discovery of electromagnetism paved…

Potentiometers

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

Coefficients of Specific Resistance

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Specific resistance at 20o C:  Material Element/Alloy ohm-cmil/ft…

AC Lab - Musical Keyboard as a Signal Generator

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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.

Si Lab - Differential Amplifier

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a BJT differential amplifier and learn about a fundamental building block that is the basis of most operational amplifiers.

Converting Truth Tables into Boolean Expressions

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In designing digital circuits, the designer often begins with a truth…

Contributors (15)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Switch Types

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Though it may seem strange to cover the elementary topic of electrical…

“Long’’ and “Short’’ Transmission Lines

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In DC and low-frequency AC circuits, the characteristic impedance of…

Latch Circuits

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What do you think this logic buffer gate will do, with the output…

Frequency and Phase Measurement

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An important electrical quantity with no equivalent in DC circuits is…

TTL NOR and OR gates

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TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…

Vol VI. Credits

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The following is a partial list of contributors to the current online…

Differential Transistor Amplifiers

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

Circuit Wiring

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So far, we’ve been analyzing single-battery, single-resistor…

Clipper Circuits

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A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…

555 Lab - Monostable Multivibrator (One-shot)

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a monostable multivibrator using a 555 timer IC and learn about RC time constant charging and how a one-shot timer operates.

Voltage and Current

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As was previously mentioned, we need more than just a continuous path…