In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a precision potentiometer from three lower precision potentiometer and learn about voltage range compression and parameter interactions.
At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
Over the course of the next few chapters, you will learn that AC…
One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Four 6 volt batteries Zener diode, 12…
A peak detector is a series connection of a diode and a…
Phase shift oscillator. R1C1, R2C2, and R3C3 each provide 60° of…
If we take three equal resistors and connect one end of each to a…
Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…
Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…
A diode is an electronics component made from a combination of a…
PARTS AND MATERIALS One 9V Battery Battery Clip (Radio Shack catalog #…
As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…
This chapter explores the response of capacitors and inductors to…
This calculator determines the wavelength of a signal given the frequency and dielectric constant.
Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
It is sometimes desirable to have circuits capable of selectively…
A switch is an electrical component that can “make” or…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
What is Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)? The principle known as…
