At the beginning of this chapter, it illustrates how transistors could…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a pulse-width modulator power controller for a light and learn the basics of PWM signals.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an audio amplifier using a vacuum tube (triode) and learn about voltage transformers, how to build a high-voltage DC power supply, and how to use a transformer for impedance matching.
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Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…
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Let’s connect three AC voltage sources in series and use complex…
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A very useful tool for observing rotating objects is a strobe light.…
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In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…
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Power Capacity As has already been observed, transformers must be well…
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If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…
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What will this voltmeter register when connected to a battery as shown…
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To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…
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The invention of the bipolar transistor in 1948 ushered in a…
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The Q, or quality, factor of a resonant circuit is a measure of the…
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Because batteries create current flow in a circuit by exchanging…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a variable conductor and learn the impact of a metal core placed inside an inductor coil has on the inductance.
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Diodes can perform switching and digital logic operations. Forward and…
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As we saw in a few SPICE analyses earlier in this chapter, the output…
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This calculator shows the peak-to-peak voltage (VP-P) value from the peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.
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Ammeters Measure Electrical Current A meter designed to measure…
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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure current using the ammeter function.
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What Is a Zener Diode? A Zener diode is a special type of rectifying…
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In this introduction to series resistance circuits, we will explain…
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A calculator for computing the gain and output voltage of an operational amplifier
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Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
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Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog voltage comparator circuit and learn how open-loop operational amplifiers function.
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The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…
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The R/2R DAC circuit is an alternative to the binary-weighted-input…
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When plotted on a curve tracer, the characteristic curve for a normal…
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In addition to voltage and current, there is another important…
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In designing digital circuits, the designer often begins with a truth…
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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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Arithmetic Sequences An arithmetic sequence is a series of numbers…
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The time constant of a series RC circuit is the product of the resistance and capacitance. Given two of the three values—resistance, capacitance, or RC time constant—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.
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Power Equation of Ohm’s Law and Joule’s Law …
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Now that we’ve seen how series and parallel AC circuit analysis…
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De Forest’s Audion tube came to be known as the triode tube…
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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a rectangle loop.
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This tool is designed to convert power ratios to decibel
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A switch is an electrical component that can “make” or…
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In DC and low-frequency AC circuits, the characteristic impedance of…
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Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) to build a sensitive switching circuit and learn about JFET current gain.
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Over the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…
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If at all possible, shut off the power to a circuit before performing…
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