How is it possible to electrically measure the torque output by a…
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Parallel-in/ serial-out shift registers do everything that the…
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A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a monostable multivibrator using a 555 timer IC and learn about RC time constant charging and how a one-shot timer operates.
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As strange as it may seem, any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform is…
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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure voltage using the voltmeter function.
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Varicap or varactor diodes A variable capacitance diode is known as a…
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There’s a sure way to calculate any of the values in a reactive…
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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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What will this voltmeter register when connected to a battery as shown…
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Electronic power conversion circuits known…
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In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of voltage…
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If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…
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Up until this point, our analysis of transistor logic circuits has…
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The Parallel Wires of Infinite Length Suppose, though, that we had a…
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A special type of relay is one that monitors the current, voltage,…
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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A voltage multiplier is a specialized rectifier circuit producing…
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How much voltage is there between the following pairs of points in…
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Because it takes energy to force charge to flow against the opposition…
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A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…
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As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a voltage follower amplifier using a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) in common-collector configuration and learn about circuit ground and impedance transformations.
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A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…
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There are circumstances when you may need to analyze a DC reactive…
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Suppose a 12 volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 20…
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If you’ve ever witnessed a lightning storm, you’ve seen…
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A tool designed to convert RF power from watts to decibels and vice versa
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Research and describe what the Hall effect is, and list some practical…
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By definition, a low-pass filter is a circuit offering easy passage to…
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The final transistor amplifier configuration (Figure below) we need to…
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It may seem difficult to even start on a project such as this, with no…
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As an instructor of electronics, I am called upon frequently to help…
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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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A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
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Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
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What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…
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Over the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…
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Using the same value components in our series example circuit, we will…
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This calculator computes the inductance of a wire coil.
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There was some historic crude, but usable semiconductor…
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So far in our discussions on electricity and electric circuits, we…
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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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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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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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“I consider that I understand an equation when I can predict the…
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Figure below shows a photodiode amplifier for measuring low levels of…
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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
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The benefits of scientific notation do not end with ease of writing…
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The R/2R DAC circuit is an alternative to the binary-weighted-input…
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The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…
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Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…
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A tool designed to calculate the guided wavelength inside a microstrip.
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