Though mechanical ohmmeter (resistance meter) designs are rarely used…
There’s a sure way to calculate any of the values in a reactive…
All About Diodes A diode is an electrical device allowing current to…
The first, and perhaps most important, the relationship between…
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Behaviors of Inductors wrapped around a Conductive Core Suppose we…
PARTS AND MATERIALS One NPN transistor—models 2N2222 or 2N3403…
By definition, a low-pass filter is a circuit offering easy passage to…
The invention of the bipolar transistor in 1948 ushered in a…
Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of voltage…
Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…
What Is a Zener Diode? A Zener diode is a special type of rectifying…
If you’ve ever witnessed a lightning storm, you’ve seen…
Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…
Normally, the ampacity rating of a conductor is a circuit design…
The word battery simply means a group of similar components. In…
A transmission line of infinite length is an interesting abstraction,…
PARTS AND MATERIALS One N-channel junction field-effect transistor,…
This calculator determines the total path loss provided by an RF n-way power splitter.
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A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna
The circuits in the figure below are known as clampers or DC…
Up until this point, our analysis of transistor logic circuits has…
Whenever electrons flow through a conductor, a magnetic field will…
So far in our discussions on electricity and electric circuits, we…
Define the following metrological terms: • Uncertainty • Accuracy…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Calculator (or pencil and paper for doing…
Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…
Certain substances are known to physically deform (shorten or…
Identify some of the different types of capacitors, and their…
Ladder diagrams are specialized schematics commonly used to document…
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Many different equations used in the analysis of electric circuits may…
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An electromechanical generator is a device capable of producing…
What, exactly, is necessary to establish electrical continuity between…
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What Is a Zener Diode? A Zener diode is a special type of rectifying…
This tool is designed to compute for the trace width of a microstrip
Capacitance Formula Permittivity of Dielectric …
It may seem difficult to even start on a project such as this, with no…
As we saw earlier, a power system with no secure connection to earth…
Like all diodes, Shockley diodes are unidirectional devices; that is,…
PARTS AND MATERIALS 4001 quad NOR gate (Radio Shack catalog #…
Often in the course of designing and building electrical meter…
If at all possible, shut off the power to a circuit before performing…
So far we have been finding Sum-Of-Product (SOP) solutions to logic…
In any electrically conductive substance, what are charge carriers?…
What, exactly, is necessary to establish electrical continuity between…
PARTS AND MATERIALS 4011 quad NAND gate (Radio Shack catalog #…
If we were to connect two inverter gates together so that the output…
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What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Operational amplifier, model TL082 recommended…
All About Diodes A diode is an electrical device allowing current to…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…
Convert between Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin
