As an example of using several circuits together, we are going to make…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave rectifier for AC to DC conversion and learn about center-tapped transformers.
It is a common phenomenon for the electrical resistance of a substance…
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A very common misconception students have about potentiometers is the…
“With Electronics Workbench, you can create circuit schematics…
Power in an electric circuit is the product (multiplication) of…
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This calculator computes the inductance of a microstrip etched on a PCB.
After applying some of the general troubleshooting tips to narrow the…
Decibel as Absolute Unit of Power It is also possible to use the…
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Both soldering irons and soldering guns are tools used in the process…
A similar effect happens in series inductive/capacitive circuits. When…
This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an embedded microstrip.
A calculator designed to calculate the maximum current that a stripline can handle
The singular reason for learning and using the binary numeration…
Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…
Show how this ammeter would be connected to the light bulb circuit to…
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.
Current Components in a series circuit share the same current: Itotal…
When a switch is actuated and contacts touch one another under the…
A calculator designed to compute the VSWR, reflection coefficient, return loss and matching loss in a transmission line
What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use the frequency spectrum display from an oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn about spectral analysis.
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.
In Millman’s Theorem, the circuit is re-drawn as a parallel…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a variable conductor and learn the impact of a metal core placed inside an inductor coil has on the inductance.
This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an embedded microstrip.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a red LED flasher and learn a useful application of the versatile 555 timer IC.
A mathematician named DeMorgan developed a pair of important rules…
When first approaching a failed or otherwise misbehaving system, the…
The circuit in the previous section is not a very practical one. In…
Devoting a whole chapter in a modern electronics text to the design…
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Identify some of the different types of capacitors, and their…
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.
Long before the advent of digital electronic technology, computers…
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Of course, there is a danger of electrical shock when directly…