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Voltage Divider Circuits

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

Characteristic Impedance

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Note the “50 ohm” rating printed on the jacket of the cable. What…

Power Quality Measurement

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It used to be with large AC power systems that “power…

Maximum Power Transfer Theorem

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The Maximum Power Transfer Theorem is not so much a means of analysis…

Capacitance

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Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…

Electrical Noise and Interference

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Define what noise means, in the electrical sense of the word. How does…

Analog Lab - High-impedance Voltmeter

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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.

Autotransformers

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How much voltage is there between the following pairs of points in…

Temperature Converter

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Convert between Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin

DC Lab - Sensitive Voltage Detector With Audio Output

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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.

Rectifier Circuits

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What is Rectification? Now we come to the most popular application of…

Synchronous Condenser

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Synchronous motors load the power line with a leading power factor.…

AC Lab - Build a Transformer

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple transformer and learn some important transformer fundamentals including voltage step-up and step-down.

Power Measurement

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Power measurement in AC circuits can be quite a bit more complex than…

ElectroStatic Discharge

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At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…

Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

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

The P-N Junction

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

Conductor Ampacity

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

Simple AC Circuit Calculations

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Over the course of the next few chapters, you will learn that AC…

How to Calculate Power in a Series and Parallel Circuit

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When calculating the power dissipation of resistive components, we can…

Phase-locked Loops

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Zener Diodes

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

Voltage Divider Circuits

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

Data Flow

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Buses and networks are designed to allow communication to occur…

Transistors, Hybrid

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In essence, the IGFET controls the base current of a BJT, which…

Servo Motor Systems

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Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…

Mutual Inductors

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Mutual inductors are inductors that capitalize the effect of mutual…

Square Wave Signals

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It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…

Electron Activity in Chemical Reactions

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So far in our discussions on electricity and electric circuits, we…

DC Mesh Current Analysis

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

Properties of Exponents

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Product of Powers Property am an = am+n   Power of a Product…

Network Topology

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Point-to-Point Connecting two digital devices with a network, would…

Inductors

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! A 5 H inductor is subjected to an electric…

Introduction to Mixed-Frequency AC Signals

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In our study of AC circuits thus far, we’ve explored circuits…

High-pass Filters

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A high-pass filter’s task is just the opposite of a low-pass…

Si Lab - Commutating Diode

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple circuit that will teach you how to use a commutating diode to reduce inductive kickback.

Beam Power Tubes

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In the beam power tube, the basic four-element structure of the…

Transistors, Insulated-gate Field-effect (IGFET or MOSFET)

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We have the symbols for depletion mode and enhancement mode MOSFETs -…

Series Resistor-Capacitor Circuits

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In the last section, we learned what would happen in simple…

Rectifier Circuits

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What is Rectification? Now we come to the most popular application of…

From Electric to Electronic

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Introduction This third volume of the book series Lessons In Electric…

Delta and Wye 3-Phase Circuits

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Label where each of the following electrical quantities would be found…

Tracking ADC

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A third variation on the counter-DAC-based converter theme is, in my…

Temperature Coefficient of Resistance

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It is a common phenomenon for the electrical resistance of a substance…

AC Circuit Equations

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Inductive Reactance     Capacitive Reactance    …

Introduction to Digital Communication

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In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…

R, L and C Summary

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With the notable exception of calculations for power (P), all AC…

TTL NOR and OR gates

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

Design Project: Voltmeter

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The most important component of your voltmeter will be the…

Battery Construction

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

Winding Configurations

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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…

Table (landscape view)

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Periodic table of chemical elements.

Inductor Voltage and Current Relationship

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Inductors do not have a stable “resistance” as conductors…

Junction field-effect transistors (JFET)

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

Digital Ramp ADC

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Also known as the stairstep-ramp, or simply counter A/D converter,…

Radio Circuits

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(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…

Radicals

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Definition of a Radical Given the expression where “x” is…

Analog Lab - Op Amp Integrator

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog integrator using an operational amplifier and learn about integration functions, op amp input bias currents, and how to limit the voltage swing of a potentiometer.

An Analogy for Divided Feedback

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A helpful analogy for understanding divided feedback amplifier…

Boolean Algebraic Identities

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In mathematics, an identity is a statement true for all possible…