Basic AC-DC Power Supplies

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Shock Current Path

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AC Circuit Equations

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Beam Power Tubes

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

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Lock-out / Tag-out

In this motor control circuit, how would you ensure that there is no…

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Factors Affecting Capacitance

There are three basic factors of capacitor construction determining…

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Ammeter Design

Ammeters Measure Electrical Current A meter designed to measure…

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Design Project: Logic Probe

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What is a Filter?

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Voltage and Current Calculations

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Peak Voltage Calculator

The peak voltage calculator calculates peak voltage values from the peak-to-peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.

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Analog Lab - High-impedance Voltmeter

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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Ohm’s Law

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The TRIAC

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Sources of Electricity

What is the difference between DC and AC electricity? Identify some…

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Design Project: Dual-output AC-DC Power Supply

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Shift Registers: Parallel-in, Serial-out (PISO) Conversion

Parallel-in/ serial-out shift registers do everything that the…

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Electron Activity in Chemical Reactions

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

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Static Electricity

What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…

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Impedance

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Digital-to-Analog Conversion

If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…

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Electrical Noise and Interference

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

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Microstrip Max Current Calculator

A calculator for solving the maximum current a microstrip can handle.

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Superposition Theorem

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What is Alternating Current (AC)?

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Important Constants

Euler’s Number Euler’s constant is an important value for…

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Negative Binary Numbers

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Rectifier Circuits

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Voltage and Current

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Negative Feedback OpAmp Circuits

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Radicals

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

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Waveguide Calculator (Circular)

This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a circular waveguide

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Contributors (5)

Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

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Optoelectronic Devices

In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…

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Timer Circuits

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Why digital?

Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…

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DC Branch Current Analysis

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Rules for Limits

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Factoring Equivalencies

Factoring Identities :   a2 - b2 = (a + b) (a - b) a2 + 2ab + b2…

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The Common-gate Amplifier (JFET)

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Atomic Structure

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Questions relating to project management

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