This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.
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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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The voltage divider is a circuit used to create a voltage less than or equal to the input voltage.
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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
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Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…
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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, use a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) to build a sensitive switching circuit and learn about JFET current gain.
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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 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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Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
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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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Centuries ago, it was discovered that certain types of mineral rock…
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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 build a thermocouple to measure temperature changes and learn about the Seebeck effect.
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The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was named because its operation…
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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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Differential Op-Amp Circuits An op-amp with no feedback is already a…
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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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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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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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If a strip of conductive metal is stretched, it will become skinnier…
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A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…
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The normal data inputs to a flip flop (D, S and R, or J and K) are…
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While Oersted’s surprising discovery of electromagnetism paved…
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A practical application of switch and relay logic is in control…
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Bipolar Junction Transistor or BJT Current Mirror An often-used…
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The Programmable Logic Controller, or PLC, was invented in the late…
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Define what noise means, in the electrical sense of the word. How does…
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In simple reactive circuits with little or no resistance, the effects…
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This calculator will compute the required resistor ratio (R2/R1) and reference voltage (VREF) to create the desired high (VTH) and low (VTL) threshold voltages in a non-inverting comparator circuit with hysteresis (commonly called a Schmitt trigger).
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In Millman’s Theorem, the circuit is re-drawn as a parallel…
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Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
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The circuits in the figure below are known as clampers or DC…
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A Link Budget puts into account all gains and losses a signal goes through in a system as it is transmitted. The calculator calculates the power of the received signal given amplifier and antenna gains, and medium loss.
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The table of electric currents and their various bodily effects was…
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To build the DIY electronics projects described in this textbook, you will need a small work area, a few tools, and some basic electronics supplies. This page describes the setup of a low-cost home electronics laboratory.
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After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build capacitor charging and discharging circuits and learn how to calculate the RC time constant of resistor-capacitor circuits.
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Learn about junction field effect transistors (JFETs), their equations, and how to model and simulate JFETs in LTspice.
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In our study of AC circuits thus far, we’ve explored circuits…
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This calculator computes the noise figure and noise temperature in a system
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