In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a half-wave rectifier circuit using a silicon diode and learn about the differences between permanent magnet motor operation on AC vs. DC power.
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As strange as it may seem, any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform is…
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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
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Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…
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A voltage multiplier is a specialized rectifier circuit producing…
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In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test digital circuits and learn the fundamentals of digital logic circuits, including gates, counters, logic levels, hysteresis, memory, and more.
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Explain the difference between a balanced polyphase system and an…
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Bipolar Junction Transistor or BJT Current Mirror An often-used…
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In the common-emitter section of this chapter, we saw a SPICE analysis…
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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
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For ease of drawing complex circuit diagrams, electronic amplifiers…
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Single phase power system schematic diagram shows little about the…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Behaviors of Inductors wrapped around a Conductive Core Suppose we…
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Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
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What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…
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Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…
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Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…
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Explain how an ohmmeter is able to measure the resistance of a…
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An electromechanical generator is a device capable of producing…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) current regulator and learn some of the advantages of JFETs over BJTs for current regulation.
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Parallel-in/ serial-out shift registers do everything that the…
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An oscilloscope is a very useful piece of electronic test equipment.…
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As we saw in a few SPICE analyses earlier in this chapter, the output…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a 12 V alternating current (AC) power supply using a step-down transformer and learn about transformer operation and the purpose of tapped windings.
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What does the acronym RF stand form, in reference to radio-related…
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There are many different types of power sources, and here some of the…
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Define the following metrological terms: • Uncertainty • Accuracy…
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When calculating the power dissipation of resistive components, we can…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator with hysteresis from a Schmitt trigger and learn how to use it to create an RC oscillator and a method to configure a 555 timer as an astable multivibrator.
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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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In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test digital circuits and learn the fundamentals of digital logic circuits, including gates, counters, logic levels, hysteresis, memory, and more.
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Identify the type of logic gate shown in this schematic diagram, and…
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This calculator computes for the capacitor charge time and energy, given the supply voltage and the added series resistance.
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The node voltage method of DC network analysis solves for unknown…
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Determine the output voltage polarity of this op-amp (with reference…
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Computers can be powerful tools if used properly, especially in the…
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Another type of mathematical identity, called a “property”…
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When a PCB designer speaks of dimensions in thous or mils, what does…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog differentiator circuit that outputs a signal proportional to the rate-of-change and learn about one of the advantages of analog circuits.
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With simple gate and combinational logic circuits, there is a definite…
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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What is Split-Phase Power Systems? Split-phase power systems achieve…
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Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
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Just like voltmeters, ammeters tend to influence the amount of current…
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What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
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Wiring for AC and DC power distribution branch circuits are color…
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A capacitor is a passive two-terminal electronic component that…
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This calculator determines the wavelength of a signal given the frequency and dielectric constant.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an S-R latch using two NOR gates and learn how this type of digital memory operates, including invalid states, race conditions, and the effects of output loading.
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This calculator helps determine the maximum temperature a device can withstand
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In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of voltage…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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The choice of step-down transformers to use in a project such as this…
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