A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…
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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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The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was named because its operation…
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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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Centuries ago, it was discovered that certain types of mineral rock…
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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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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 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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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 perform a 4-wire Kelvin resistance measurement and learn how to accurately measure resistance.
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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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Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
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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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If a strip of conductive metal is stretched, it will become skinnier…
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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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Seebeck Effect An interesting phenomenon applied in the field of…
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Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
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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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It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…
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For ease of drawing complex circuit diagrams, electronic amplifiers…
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This calculator calculates the resistivity of a component based on its resistance value, length, and cross-sectional area.
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De Forest’s Audion tube came to be known as the triode tube…
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With simple gate and combinational logic circuits, there is a definite…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Three-Phase Alternator Let’s take the three-phase alternator…
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In the beam power tube, the basic four-element structure of the…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will learn about electromagnetic induction using an electromagnet and a permanent magnet.
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A calculator designed to calculate the maximum current that a stripline can handle
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So far in our discussions on electricity and electric circuits, we…
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The principle of non-sinusoidal, repeating waveforms being equivalent…
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For extremely high-frequency applications (above 1 GHz), the…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a resistive voltage divider and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's voltage law (KVL) function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.
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Resonance in a Tank Circuit A condition of resonance will be…
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“Garbage in, garbage out.” —Anonymous SPICE…
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Roman Numerals The Romans devised a system that was a substantial…
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Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
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Calculate the equivalent resistance of up to six resistors in parallel with ease while learning how to calculate resistance in parallel and the parallel resistance formula.
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When a PCB designer speaks of dimensions in thous or mils, what does…
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Identify some different ways you can create the sine-wave audio tracks…
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Boolean algebra finds its most practical use in the simplification of…
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