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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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For ease of drawing complex circuit diagrams, electronic amplifiers…
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Differential Op-Amp Circuits An op-amp with no feedback is already a…
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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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By introducing electrical reactance into the feedback loops of an…
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Centuries ago, it was discovered that certain types of mineral rock…
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If a strip of conductive metal is stretched, it will become skinnier…
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Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
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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 electronics experiment, you will perform a 4-wire Kelvin resistance measurement and learn how to accurately measure resistance.
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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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This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.
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Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
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The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was named because its operation…
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Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
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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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Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) to switch an LED and learn about the current their amplification.
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What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…
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Our exploration of thyristors begins with a device called the…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an audio amplifier using a vacuum tube (triode) and learn about voltage transformers, how to build a high-voltage DC power supply, and how to use a transformer for impedance matching.
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With BogusBus, our signals were very simple and straightforward: each…
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The electrons of different types of atoms have different degrees of…
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A common class of operation used in radio-frequency (RF) amplifier…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will create a battery from a potato (yes! a potato) and learn about the relationship between chemical energy and electric energy.
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What is Split-Phase Power Systems? Split-phase power systems achieve…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will control a light with a switch and learn the basics of connecting toggle (on/off) switches into circuits.
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This calculator helps you compute for the inductance of an edge coupled trace.
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build an astable multivibrator (oscillator) circuit that provides an output in the audio frequency range and learn the effect of component values and supply voltage on oscillation frequency.
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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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A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…
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This calculator will determine the instantaneous energy, sustained energy, and power consumed by an electrical system given two of the three electrical parameters (voltage, current, or resistance) and the time.
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A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…
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At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
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A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…
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A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna
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Computers can be powerful tools if used properly, especially in the…
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Note: this is a very unique and useful property of e. As in…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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Learn the Power Formula We’ve seen the formula for determining…
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Define the following metrological terms: • Uncertainty • Accuracy…
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(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…
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When a switch is actuated and contacts touch one another under the…
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The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is called…
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Project Overview This project employs all of the skills…
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The jobs of electronics engineers and technicians frequently entail…
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In this series of hands-on electronics experiments, build analog circuits, including amplifiers, comparators, oscillators, and more. Following the step-by-step instructions will help you understand and appreciate analog systems.
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Digital logic gate circuits are manufactured as integrated circuits:…
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Digital computers communicate with external devices through ports:…
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Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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So far, we’ve explored tubes which are totally…
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