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Special Transformers and Applications

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Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…

Digital Lab - 10-bit Flashing LED Sequencer

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test an automated circuit that sequentially flashes 10 LED, and learn about counters, frequency dividers, and switch debouncing.

Power Conversion Circuits

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Digital-to-Analog Conversion

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If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…

Analog Lab - PWM Power Controller

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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.

Sum-of-Products and Product-of-Sums Expressions

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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…

Protective Relays

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A special type of relay is one that monitors the current, voltage,…

Junction field-effect transistors (JFET)

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Timer Circuits

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

Pulse Width Modulation

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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…

AC Power

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If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…

Digital Lab - S-R Latch Using NOR Gates

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an S-R latch using two NOR gates and learn how this type of digital memory operates, including invalid states, race conditions, and the effects of output loading.

Power Quality Measurement

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It used to be with large AC power systems that “power…

Counters

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

Time Constant Circuits

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Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…

Simple Circuits

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Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…

AC Waveforms

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Radio waves are comprised of oscillating electric and magnetic fields,…

Basic Voltmeter Use

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What will this voltmeter register when connected to a battery as shown…

Design Project: Signal Generator

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Explain the principle of operation for the particular integrated…

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

Ring Counters

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If the output of a shift register is fed back to the input. a ring…

Other Diode Technologies

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Varicap or varactor diodes A variable capacitance diode is known as a…

Class C BJT Amplifiers

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A common class of operation used in radio-frequency (RF) amplifier…

Three-phase Transformer Circuits

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Since three-phase is used so often for power distribution systems, it…

Design Project: Signal Generator

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Explain the principle of operation for the particular integrated…

Component Modeling

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When plotted on a curve tracer, the characteristic curve for a normal…

Mesh Current Method (Loop Current Method)

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This page provides a step-by-step introduction to using the mesh…

Conductors and Insulators

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Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…

Protective Relay Circuits

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Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…

Insulated-gate Field-effect Transistors (MOSFET)

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The Insulated-Gate Field-Effect Transistor (IGFET), also known as…

Bipolar Junction Transistors in Active Mode

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Parallel Resistor Calculator

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Calculate the equivalent resistance of up to six resistors in parallel with ease while learning how to calculate resistance in parallel and the parallel resistance formula.

Polyphase Motor Design

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AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…

Wiring Color Codes Infographic

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Wiring Color Codes Infographic. Released under the Creative Commons…

Design Project: Arbitrary Waveform Generator

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What, exactly, is an arbitrary waveform generator, and for what…

Power Sources

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There are many different types of power sources, and here some of the…

Some Examples with AC Circuits

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Let’s connect three AC voltage sources in series and use complex…

Op-Amp Voltage and Gain Calculator

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A calculator for computing the gain and output voltage of an operational amplifier

What is a Filter?

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It is sometimes desirable to have circuits capable of selectively…

Standing Waves and Resonance

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Whenever there is a mismatch of impedance between transmission line…

Δ-Y and Y-Δ Conversions

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In many circuit applications, we encounter components connected…

Stripline Trace Width Calculator

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A calculator designed to calculate the trace width of a stripline based on the maximum current rating

IGBTs

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Because of their insulated gates, IGFETs of all types have extremely…

The J-K Flip-Flop

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Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…

The Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) as a Switch

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Bipolar junction transistors (Also known as BJTs) can be used as an…

Parallel Resistor-Capacitor Circuits

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Using the same value components in our series example circuit, we will…

Series R, L, and C

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Let’s take the following example circuit and analyze it:  …

JFET Quirks

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Making a Venn Diagram Look Like a Karnaugh Map

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Starting with circle A in a rectangular A’ universe in figure…

Voltage and Current in a Practical Circuit

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Because it takes energy to force charge to flow against the opposition…

What Are Electric Circuits?

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You might have been wondering how charges can continuously flow in a…

Waveguide Calculator (Circular)

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This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a circular waveguide

Meter Check of a Transistor (JFET)

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Testing a JFET with a multimeter might seem to be a relatively easy…

Practical Considerations - Capacitors

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Capacitors, like all electrical components, have limitations that must…

Static Electricity

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What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…

Series Circuit Rules

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Current Components in a series circuit share the same current: Itotal…

Simple Circuits

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Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…

Boolean Rules for Simplification

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Boolean algebra finds its most practical use in the simplification of…

L-Match Impedance Matching Circuits

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This calculator is designed to compute for the parameters needed to design a L-Match Impedance Circuit

Arc Flash and Arc Blast

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Electromechanical relays used to start and stop high-power electric…