In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use an LED as a light-sensitive photodetector and learn how to use a bipolar transistor in a common-emitter amplifier configuration.
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Differential Op-Amp Circuits An op-amp with no feedback is already a…
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Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…
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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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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will perform a 4-wire Kelvin resistance measurement and learn how to accurately measure resistance.
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Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will sense AC magnetic fields using a simple wire coil and learn about AC signal coupling, orientation effects, and the impact of shielding using different materials.
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a BJT differential amplifier and learn about a fundamental building block that is the basis of most operational amplifiers.
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This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will construct a voltage detector with adjustable sensitivity and audio output, and you will learn a method for detecting small electrical signals without an oscilloscope.
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For ease of drawing complex circuit diagrams, electronic amplifiers…
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Centuries ago, it was discovered that certain types of mineral rock…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a thermocouple to measure temperature changes and learn about the Seebeck effect.
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Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) to build a sensitive switching circuit and learn about JFET current gain.
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was named because its operation…
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If a strip of conductive metal is stretched, it will become skinnier…
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By introducing electrical reactance into the feedback loops of an…
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It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…
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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.
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use a PC-based oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn basic oscilloscope operation.
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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.
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With simple gate and combinational logic circuits, there is a definite…
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An electromechanical generator is a device capable of producing…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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There are circumstances when you may need to analyze a DC reactive…
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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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It is a common phenomenon for the electrical resistance of a substance…
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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.
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What will this voltmeter register when connected to a battery as shown…
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To enter numbers in scientific notation into a hand calculator, there…
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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
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What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…
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As we’ve seen, negative feedback is an incredibly useful…
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For bipolar junction transistors, the fundamental measure of…
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This chapter will cover the physics behind the operation of…
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When we store information in some kind of circuit or device, we not…
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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.
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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an asymmetric stripline
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Factoring Identities : a2 - b2 = (a + b) (a - b) a2 + 2ab + b2…
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When an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, what…
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The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…
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Three-Phase Alternator Let’s take the three-phase alternator…
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The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
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In mathematics, an identity is a statement true for all possible…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple circuit that will teach you how to use a commutating diode to reduce inductive kickback.
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The atoms in insulating materials have very tightly-bound electrons,…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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What is Split-Phase Power Systems? Split-phase power systems achieve…
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What, exactly, is necessary to establish electrical continuity between…
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Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
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In essence, the IGFET controls the base current of a BJT, which…
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Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…
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Bipolar junction transistors (Also known as BJTs) can be used as an…
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