What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
Inductive Reactance Capacitive Reactance …
The basic application of Ohm’s law to combinations of series and…
A circuit with an inductor (L) and capacitor (C) connected in parallel or series will have a resonant frequency at which their impedances are equal. Given two of the three values—inductance, capacitance, or resonant frequency—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.
One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…
As opposed to normal equations where the solution is a number, a…
Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple circuit that computes the average of voltages and learn about analog computers and their application.
Determine the output voltage polarity of this op-amp (with reference…
When plotted on a curve tracer, the characteristic curve for a normal…
Critical temperatures given in Kelvins Material Element/Alloy Critical…
This tool is designed to calculate the maximum distance (range) that a radar can detect
So far, the phenomenon of resonance appears to be a useless curiosity,…
This tool calculates the dimensions of the microstrip patch antenna given the desired operating frequency.
This tool is designed to calculate the inductance of two parallel wires
A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…
A calculator for computing the impedance of a wire stripline.
If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…
Feedback is a fascinating engineering principle. It can turn a rather…
Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
In DC and low-frequency AC circuits, the characteristic impedance of…
If some percentage of an amplifier’s output signal is connected…
In the beam power tube, the basic four-element structure of the…
What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…
TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…
Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…
In electric circuits, the three basic quantities are voltage (E or V),…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple RC circuit that demonstrates phase shift and learn how out-of-phase AC voltages do not add algebraically.
The principle of non-sinusoidal, repeating waveforms being equivalent…
While the C-B (common-base) amplifier is known for wider bandwidth…
This calculator will compute the required resistor ratio (R2/R1) and reference voltage (VREF) to create the desired high (VTH) and low (VTL) threshold voltages in a non-inverting comparator circuit with hysteresis (commonly called a Schmitt trigger).
An inductor is a passive two-terminal electrical component that…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Note, Q3 and Q4 in the figure below are complementary, NPN and PNP…
If the burden of two systems of measurement for common quantities…
Capacitors do not have a stable “resistance” as conductors…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, power a DC motor through a multi-conductor cable to learn how AC signals are coupled between conductors and how to mitigate noise coupling.
The electrical resistance of a conductor at any temperature may be…
