This calculator helps determine the resistance of a variable resistor within a Wheatstone bridge circuit or the differential voltage created across the bridge terminals.
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.
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.
Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will perform a 4-wire Kelvin resistance measurement and learn how to accurately measure resistance.
This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.
Differential Op-Amp Circuits An op-amp with no feedback is already a…
The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was named because its operation…
Centuries ago, it was discovered that certain types of mineral rock…
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.
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.
The voltage divider is a circuit used to create a voltage less than or equal to the input voltage.
Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
By introducing electrical reactance into the feedback loops of an…
This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a thermocouple to measure temperature changes and learn about the Seebeck effect.
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…
The fourth example has A partially overlapping B. Though, we will…
In the previous section, we explored what would happen in simple…
Additive Identity a + 0 = a Multiplicative Identity 1a = a…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an automotive alternator to generate three-phase AC voltage and learn how alternators can function as both generators and motors.
Things start to get complicated when we need to relate two or more AC…
Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
Explain how a moving-coil, or dynamic microphone works. Identify how…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
Power Capacity As has already been observed, transformers must be well…
Identify which trigonometric functions (sine, cosine, or tangent) are…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator using a 555 timer and learn the theory of operation of the 555 timer when configured as an astable multivibrator.
SCRs are unidirectional (one-way) current devices, making them useful…
Serial-in, serial-out shift registers delay data by one clock time for…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a custom operational amplifier (op amp) and learn about the application of current mirrors and the use of negative feedback in op amp circuits.
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.
A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…
Ammeters Measure Electrical Current A meter designed to measure…
A calculator for computing the impedance of an edge coupled stripline.
Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
Determine if the light bulb will de-energize for each of the following…