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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It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…
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Seebeck Effect An interesting phenomenon applied in the field of…
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This calculator helps determine the resistance of a variable resistor within a Wheatstone bridge circuit or the differential voltage created across the bridge terminals.
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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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Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
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Differential Op-Amp Circuits An op-amp with no feedback is already a…
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Centuries ago, it was discovered that certain types of mineral rock…
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This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use a potentiometer as a variable resistor to control the speed of a motor and learn how to connect a potentiometer as a rheostat.
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For ease of drawing complex circuit diagrams, electronic amplifiers…
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If a strip of conductive metal is stretched, it will become skinnier…
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Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
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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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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
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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 electronics experiment, you will build a thermocouple to measure temperature changes and learn about the Seebeck effect.
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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 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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Because the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in…
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There was some historic crude, but usable semiconductor…
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We’ve already seen one example of a monostable multivibrator in…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Since Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorems are two…
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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.
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For a given amount of water pressure, which will flow a greater rate…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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A calculator designed to calculate the trace width of a stripline based on the maximum current rating
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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Valence: The electrons in the outermost shell, or valence shell, are…
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SCRs are unidirectional (one-way) current devices, making them useful…
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If two coils of wire are brought into close proximity with each other…
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In electric circuits, the three basic quantities are voltage (E or V),…
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Whenever electrons flow through a conductor, a magnetic field will…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog differentiator circuit that outputs a signal proportional to the rate-of-change and learn about one of the advantages of analog circuits.
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This calculator solves for any single missing value in the ideal diode I-V equation for a forward-biased PN-junction diode. Parameters are current, saturation current, voltage, temperature, and ideality factor.
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Ampacities of copper wire, in free air at 30o C: INSULATION TYPE…
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It is a common phenomenon for the electrical resistance of a substance…
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In this hands-on semiconductor experiment, build an improved full-wave rectifier with output filtering and learn about capacitive filtering in AC-to-DC power converters.
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In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test mixed-signal analog and digital circuits using the versatile 555 timer IC. These projects will teach you about RC time constants, duty cycle, transistor current drive, LEDs, voltage doublers, and more.
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A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…
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Three-phase Wye(Y) Connection Initially, we explored the idea of…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a 3-bit down counter using J-K flip-flops and learn about asynchronous counter functionality.
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Using an electrical meter safely and efficiently is perhaps the most…
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These are the most common types of resistors available. Resistors…
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The basic application of Ohm’s law to combinations of series and…
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It may seem difficult to even start on a project such as this, with no…
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A similar effect happens in series inductive/capacitive circuits. When…
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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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Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
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Calculate circuit parameters using Ohm's Law
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“All men are liable to error;” —John Locke Whereas…
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Because capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, they…
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Current Source It is possible through the use of electronic amplifiers…
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Though mechanical ohmmeter (resistance meter) designs are rarely used…
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Specific resistance at 20o C: Material Element/Alloy ohm-cmil/ft…
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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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