Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
The Parallel Wires of Infinite Length Suppose, though, that we had a…
There’s a sure way to calculate any of the values in a reactive…
Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
Varicap or varactor diodes A variable capacitance diode is known as a…
Although transistor switching circuits operate without bias, it is…
Diodes can perform switching and digital logic operations. Forward and…
An oscilloscope is a very useful piece of electronic test equipment.…
If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…
Bipolar junction transistors (Also known as BJTs) can be used as an…
A calculator for computing several parameters needed in the design of a flyback switch mode regulator
Capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, and…
Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test a 2-input digital NAND gate with LED indicators and learn to read pinout diagrams, power a digital IC, connect unused inputs and outputs, and use pulldown resistors.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Normally, the ampacity rating of a conductor is a circuit design…
At the beginning of this chapter, it illustrates how transistors could…
∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…
There are three major kinds of power supplies: unregulated (also…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
The node voltage method of DC network analysis solves for unknown…
By definition, a low-pass filter is a circuit offering easy passage to…
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.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…
∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! A 5 H inductor is subjected to an electric…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in parallel to power a light and learn the relationship between the individual battery currents and the total system current.
When connecting batteries together to form larger “banks”…
Certain substances are known to physically deform (shorten or…
Define what noise means, in the electrical sense of the word. How does…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
So far we know that AC voltage alternates in polarity and AC current…
This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for an inverting op-amp.
An electromechanical generator is a device capable of producing…
What do each of the oscilloscope axes represent, in real-life terms…
Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
In many circuit applications, we encounter components connected…
Define the following metrological terms: • Uncertainty • Accuracy…
Practical Benefit of Active Devices The practical benefit of active…
All About Diodes A diode is an electrical device allowing current to…
Capacitors Vs. Resistors Capacitors do not behave the same as…
Let’s count from zero to twenty using four different kinds of…
All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave rectifier for AC to DC conversion and learn about center-tapped transformers.
Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
Differential Op-Amp Circuits An op-amp with no feedback is already a…
A tool designed to calculate the noise figure of cascaded amplifiers
Suppose I were about to measure an unknown voltage with a manual-range…
Our exploration of thyristors begins with a device called the…
The instrumentation amplifier calculator will assist in the design and analysis of a conventional instrumentation amplifier circuit by calculating the required resistor values and gain.
What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…
So far, we’ve been analyzing single-battery, single-resistor…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a custom operational amplifier (op amp) and learn about the application of current mirrors and the use of negative feedback in op amp circuits.
The Insulated-Gate Field-Effect Transistor (IGFET), also known as…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will create a battery from a potato (yes! a potato) and learn about the relationship between chemical energy and electric energy.
Cathode: This is the electrode that is heated and emits the…
“I consider that I understand an equation when I can predict the…
