A common phrase heard in reference to electrical safety goes something…
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Note the “50 ohm” rating printed on the jacket of the cable. What…
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Design a passive circuit that will create a "split” ( V/-V) power…
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For ease of drawing complex circuit diagrams, electronic amplifiers…
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Define what noise means, in the electrical sense of the word. How does…
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Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…
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This calculator determines the total path loss provided by an RF n-way power splitter.
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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.
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A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna
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Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…
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An oscilloscope is a very useful piece of electronic test equipment.…
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The circuits in the figure below are known as clampers or DC…
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What is an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), and what…
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It is sometimes desirable to have circuits capable of selectively…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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We know that the current in a series circuit may be calculated with…
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This calculator computes the resonant frequency of a parallel inductor and capacitor "tank" circuit.
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This article explains the step-by-step process for determining the…
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You might have noticed on the table for specific resistances that all…
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A practical application of switch and relay logic is in control…
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Capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, and…
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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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Periodic table of chemical elements.
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The Parallel Wires of Infinite Length Suppose, though, that we had a…
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Suppose you were to take a 3 kW electric heater rated for 240 VAC and…
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Testing a JFET with a multimeter might seem to be a relatively easy…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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The Law of Sines (for any triangle) The Law of Cosines (for any…
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An unbalanced Wheatstone bridge cannot be solved using simple series…
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If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…
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This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a T-pad attenuator.
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So far, the phenomenon of resonance appears to be a useless curiosity,…
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Thomas Edison, that prolific American inventor, is often credited with…
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The circuit in the previous section is not a very practical one. In…
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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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This tool calculates a capacitor's reactance for a given capacitance value and signal frequency.
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The Inductance Formula Wheeler’s formulas for…
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This balanced attenuator calculator helps you determine the resistor (R1) values for a balanced attenuator.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Remember that this tutorial is not exhaustive by any means, and that…
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Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…
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While the binary numeration system is an interesting mathematical…
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For reference, this section introduces the terminology used in some…
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A switch is an electrical component that can “make” or…
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Capacitors do not have a stable “resistance” as conductors…
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In simple AC power systems, one of the two conductors is typically…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a digital combination lock with LED output indicators and learn about XOR gate functionality and how to implement NOR logic functionality using diodes.
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple AC permanent capacitor split-phase induction motor and learn the principles of AC induction motor function.
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Long before the advent of digital electronic technology, computers…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a thermocouple to measure temperature changes and learn about the Seebeck effect.
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This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a circular waveguide
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To learn about electronics, you must eventually engage in hands-on experimentation. Knowledge gleaned from books alone has limited use in scientific endeavors. Troubleshooting a circuit can be as important as the knowledge gained from a properly functioning experiment.
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When first approaching a failed or otherwise misbehaving system, the…
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A parallel circuit is often called a current divider for its ability…
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This article explains the step-by-step process for determining the…
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