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.
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Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…
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In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…
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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
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The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…
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Varicap or varactor diodes A variable capacitance diode is known as a…
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There are three major kinds of power supplies: unregulated (also…
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The following circuits are pre-tested netlists for SPICE 2g6, complete…
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Although transistor switching circuits operate without bias, it is…
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…
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Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…
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In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of current (4…
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It used to be with large AC power systems that “power…
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Let’s connect three AC voltage sources in series and use complex…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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So far, we’ve observed simulations of transformers where the…
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Over the course of the next few chapters, you will learn that AC…
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Voltage is commonly defined as “electrical pressure.” The unit of…
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The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…
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Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
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The choice of step-down transformers to use in a project such as this…
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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…
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A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…
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Provide a definition for phasor, as the term applies to electrical…
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Behaviors of Inductors wrapped around a Conductive Core Suppose we…
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Suppose you were to take a 3 kW electric heater rated for 240 VAC and…
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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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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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So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…
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Power measurement in AC circuits can be quite a bit more complex than…
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A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…
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The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
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Synchronous motors load the power line with a leading power factor.…
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“I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum…
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A demultiplexer, sometimes abbreviated dmux, is a circuit that has one…
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A calculator for computing the impedance of an edge coupled stripline.
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All About Diodes A diode is an electrical device allowing current to…
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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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The use of variable voltage for instrumentation signals seems a rather…
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A switch is an electrical component that can “make” or…
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In our study of AC circuits thus far, we’ve explored circuits…
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When connecting batteries together to form larger “banks”…
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Although the prime intent of octal and hexadecimal numeration systems…
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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a rectangle loop.
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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.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Early in my explorations of electricity, I came across a length of…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use potentiometers to vary a voltage and learn about voltage divider ratios and potentiometer applications.
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The voltage divider is a circuit used to create a voltage less than or equal to the input voltage.
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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
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This calculator will help compute the inductance of a length of wire.
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