This video provides an introduction to the internal components of typical smoke detectors.
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An oscilloscope is a very useful piece of electronic test equipment.…
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Although transistor switching circuits operate without bias, it is…
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…
Input Voltages for Logic Gates Logic gate circuits are designed to…
A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…
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Diodes can perform switching and digital logic operations. Forward and…
Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
Ladder diagrams are specialized schematics commonly used to document…
A wound rotor induction motor has a stator like a squirrel cage…
PARTS AND MATERIALS 4017 decade counter/divider (Radio Shack catalog…
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The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was named because its operation…
Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
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The job of a technician frequently entails…
This tool calculates a capacitor's reactance for a given capacitance value and signal frequency.
If the output of a shift register is fed back to the input. a ring…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…
Normally, the ampacity rating of a conductor is a circuit design…
Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…
Suppose you were to take a 3 kW electric heater rated for 240 VAC and…
There are two basic Ohm’s Law equations: one relating voltage,…
Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…
In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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An LED resistance calculator is perfect for when you have a single LED and need to know which resistor you should use.
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In instrumentation circuitry, DC signals are often used as analog…
If we connect the output of an op-amp to its inverting input and apply…
PARTS AND MATERIALS 6-volt battery Electromagnet made from experiment…
Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…
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An inductor is a passive two-terminal electrical component that…
As lengthy as this chapter has been up to this point, it only begins…
Identify some of the different types of capacitors, and their…
If the burden of two systems of measurement for common quantities…
The table of electric currents and their various bodily effects was…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Low-voltage AC power supply (6 volt output) Four…
A modern alternative to sending (binary) digital information via…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a rectangle loop.
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Centuries ago, it was discovered that certain types of mineral rock…
After applying some of the general troubleshooting tips to narrow the…
