In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will examine the heat generated by resistors and maybe even make one smoke! Also, learn to calculate power dissipation using Joule's law and resistor power ratings.
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Using an electrical meter safely and efficiently is perhaps the most…
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A common phrase heard in reference to electrical safety goes something…
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The first, and perhaps most important, relationship between current,…
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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
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While Oersted’s surprising discovery of electromagnetism paved…
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For ease of drawing complex circuit diagrams, electronic amplifiers…
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If a block of P-type semiconductor is placed in contact with a block…
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What, exactly, is an arbitrary waveform generator, and for what…
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The use of variable voltage for instrumentation signals seems a rather…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…
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Complex numbers are useful for AC circuit analysis because they…
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As strange as it may seem, any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform is…
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Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…
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An electromechanical generator is a device capable of producing…
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Varicap or varactor diodes A variable capacitance diode is known as a…
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When an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, what…
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If we connect the output of an op-amp to its inverting input and apply…
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When using conventional current flow, we can trace the direction of…
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Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…
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The metric system, besides being a collection of measurement units for…
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Ammeters Measure Electrical Current A meter designed to measure…
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How is it possible to electrically measure the torque output by a…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will compare the resistance of a lamp filament in its on and off states and learn about nonlinear resistances by applying Ohm's law.
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How to Create a Band-stop Filter? Also called band-elimination,…
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If we add a voltage divider to the negative feedback wiring so that…
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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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Suppose we wished to measure the resistance of some component located…
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All About Diodes A diode is an electrical device allowing current to…
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A calculator for computing the gain and output voltage of an operational amplifier
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Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…
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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
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Convert to and from different units of length, weight, power, temperature and torque
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a voltage follower amplifier using a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) in common-collector configuration and learn about circuit ground and impedance transformations.
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This tool calculates the dimensions of the microstrip patch antenna given the desired operating frequency.
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So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…
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Mutual inductors are inductors that capitalize the effect of mutual…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave rectifier for AC to DC conversion and learn about center-tapped transformers.
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A thyristor is a device that has a number of unusual characteristics.…
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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…
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Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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Calculate circuit parameters using Ohm's Law
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Associative Property In addition and multiplication, terms may be…
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Power in an electric circuit is the product (multiplication) of…
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In essence, the IGFET controls the base current of a BJT, which…
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With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…
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It is sometimes said regarding electrical safety that, Ït’s not the…
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We have the symbols for depletion mode and enhancement mode MOSFETs -…
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Factoring Identities : a2 - b2 = (a + b) (a - b) a2 + 2ab + b2…
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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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Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
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As was previously mentioned, we need more than just a continuous path…
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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure resistance using the ohmmeter function.
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Varicap or varactor diodes A variable capacitance diode is known as a…
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