In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave bridge rectifier using silicon diodes and learn some of this circuit's advantages and disadvantages.
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Electronic power conversion circuits known…
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Identify which trigonometric functions (sine, cosine, or tangent) are…
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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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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for an inverting op-amp.
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“The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of…
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A calculator for computing the gain and output voltage of an operational amplifier
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in series and learn the relationship between the individual battery voltages and the total series voltage.
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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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Convert between Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin
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For a given amount of water pressure, which will flow a greater rate…
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Label where each of the following electrical quantities would be found…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will construct a voltage detector with adjustable sensitivity and audio output, and you will learn a method for detecting small electrical signals without an oscilloscope.
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A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…
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The electrons of different types of atoms have different degrees of…
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It is sometimes desirable to have circuits capable of selectively…
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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.
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In this introduction to series resistance circuits, we will explain…
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So far, we’ve explored tubes which are totally…
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As a first example of useful combinational logic, let’s build a…
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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
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Over the course of the next few chapters, you will learn that AC…
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The half-adder is extremely useful until you want to add more than one…
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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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In many circuit applications, we encounter components connected…
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In DC and low-frequency AC circuits, the characteristic impedance of…
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If we connect the output of an op-amp to its inverting input and apply…
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This calculator will help compute the inductance of a length of wire.
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In our study of AC circuits thus far, we’ve explored circuits…
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As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…
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So far we know that AC voltage alternates in polarity and AC current…
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The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
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By definition, a low-pass filter is a circuit offering easy passage to…
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There are three major kinds of power supplies: unregulated (also…
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This calculator calculates the resistivity of a component based on its resistance value, length, and cross-sectional area.
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While mention of operational amplifiers typically provokes visions of…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use series and parallel resistor networks to precisely adjust the range and zero point of a rheostat.
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple current mirror using matched bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about current mirror circuit limitations, the temperature dependence of BJTs, and thermal runaway.
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At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Guidelines to Series-Parallel Combination Circuit Analysis The goal of…
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Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…
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As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…
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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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If we were to connect two inverter gates together so that the output…
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Devoting a whole chapter in a modern electronics text to the design…
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This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.
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Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
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Constant rule Rule of sums Rule of differences Product rule Quotient…
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Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
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In simple reactive circuits with little or no resistance, the effects…
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What do each of the oscilloscope axes represent, in real-life terms…
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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
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Digital computers communicate with external devices through ports:…
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A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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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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There are three major kinds of power supplies: unregulated (also…
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An electrical connector, is an electro-mechanical device used to join…
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