In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog voltage comparator circuit and learn how open-loop operational amplifiers function.
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There’s a sure way to calculate any of the values in a reactive…
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When plotted on a curve tracer, the characteristic curve for a normal…
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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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Calculate the equivalent resistance of up to six resistors in parallel with ease while learning how to calculate resistance in parallel and the parallel resistance formula.
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A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…
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The final transistor amplifier configuration (Figure below) we need to…
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What would happen to this meter movement, if connected directly to a…
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What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…
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At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
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This calculator determines the total path loss provided by an RF n-way power splitter.
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Over the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…
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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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Define what noise means, in the electrical sense of the word. How does…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a resistive voltage divider and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's voltage law (KVL) function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.
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Whenever electrons flow through a conductor, a magnetic field will…
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Label where each of the following electrical quantities would be found…
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A special type of relay is one that monitors the current, voltage,…
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A tool designed to calculate the maximum speed, minimum time per step and maximum power of a stepper motor
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So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…
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A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…
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Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…
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This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
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A mathematician named DeMorgan developed a pair of important rules…
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When connecting batteries together to form larger “banks”…
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The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…
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Mutual inductors are inductors that capitalize the effect of mutual…
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When inductors are connected in series, the total inductance is the…
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A tool designed to compute the values to be used in a T-match Impedance Circuit
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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
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At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
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Older electrical schematics showed connecting wires crossing, while…
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Using an electrical meter safely and efficiently is perhaps the most…
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Connecting digital circuitry to sensor devices is simple if the sensor…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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Reactive Power We know that reactive loads such as inductors and…
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Pure resistive AC circuit: voltage and current are in phase. …
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Testing a JFET with a multimeter might seem to be a relatively easy…
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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a rectangle loop.
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Over the course of the next few chapters, you will learn that AC…
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One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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As we saw earlier, a power system with no secure connection to earth…
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Digital logic gate circuits are manufactured as integrated circuits:…
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Input impedance varies considerably with the circuit configuration…
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Often in the course of designing and building electrical meter…
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If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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In any electrically conductive substance, what are charge carriers?…
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In an ideal case, an inductor acts as a purely reactive device. That…
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While Oersted’s surprising discovery of electromagnetism paved…
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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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A tool designed to convert RF power from watts to decibels and vice versa
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In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…
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