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A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…
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Using an electrical meter safely and efficiently is perhaps the most…
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If you’ve ever witnessed a lightning storm, you’ve seen…
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In this hands-on semiconductor experiment, build an improved full-wave rectifier with output filtering and learn about capacitive filtering in AC-to-DC power converters.
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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…
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The final transistor amplifier configuration (Figure below) we need to…
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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
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When the need arises to correct for poor power factor in an AC power…
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Bipolar Junction Transistor or BJT Current Mirror An often-used…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an audio amplifier using a vacuum tube (triode) and learn about voltage transformers, how to build a high-voltage DC power supply, and how to use a transformer for impedance matching.
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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When lightning strikes, nearby magnetic compass needles may be seen to…
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An unbalanced Wheatstone bridge cannot be solved using simple series…
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
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What is an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), and what…
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If we take three equal resistors and connect one end of each to a…
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What would happen to this meter movement, if connected directly to a…
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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
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If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build an astable multivibrator (oscillator) circuit that provides an output in the audio frequency range and learn the effect of component values and supply voltage on oscillation frequency.
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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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This calculates the capacitance of a capacitor based on its charge, Q, and its voltage, V, according to the formula, C=Q/V.
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Connecting digital circuitry to sensor devices is simple if the sensor…
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Typically, complex circuits are not arranged in nice, neat, clean…
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Mutual inductors are inductors that capitalize the effect of mutual…
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Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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In many circuit applications, we encounter components connected…
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The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…
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Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
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This calculator calculates the RMS Voltage value from either the peak voltage, the peak-to-peak voltage, or the average voltage.
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A waveguide is a special form of transmission line consisting of a…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple voltmeter and ammeter while learning some fundamentals about circuit measurements.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a pulse-width modulator power controller for a light and learn the basics of PWM signals.
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When an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, what…
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Critical temperatures given in Kelvins Material Element/Alloy Critical…
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There are circumstances when you may need to analyze a DC reactive…
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Let’s analyze a simple series circuit and determine the voltage…
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In this series of hands-on electronics experiments, build analog circuits, including amplifiers, comparators, oscillators, and more. Following the step-by-step instructions will help you understand and appreciate analog systems.
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Definition of a Logarithm “log” denotes a…
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When a transistor is in the fully-off state (like an open switch), it…
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This calculator gives the reactance and admittance of an inductor or the inductance given the reactance of an inductor
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Over the course of the next few chapters, you will learn that AC…
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The discovery of the relationship between magnetism and electricity…
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Explain how an ohmmeter is able to measure the resistance of a…
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A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna
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In many disciplines of science and engineering, very large and very…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a multiple LED flasher and learn how to use inductive flyback to generate a voltage pulse that is greater than the supply voltage.
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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.
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