Centuries ago, it was discovered that certain types of mineral rock…
If a strip of conductive metal is stretched, it will become skinnier…
For ease of drawing complex circuit diagrams, electronic amplifiers…
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 semiconductor electronics experiment, build a BJT differential amplifier and learn about a fundamental building block that is the basis of most operational amplifiers.
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.
This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.
Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will perform a 4-wire Kelvin resistance measurement and learn how to accurately measure resistance.
Seebeck Effect An interesting phenomenon applied in the field of…
Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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.
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.
A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…
Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
Differential Op-Amp Circuits An op-amp with no feedback is already a…
The voltage divider is a circuit used to create a voltage less than or equal to the input voltage.
It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…
By introducing electrical reactance into the feedback loops of an…
The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was named because its operation…
In DC and low-frequency AC circuits, the characteristic impedance of…
What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
Knowing how to generate Gray code should allow us to build larger…
A diode is an electronics component made from a combination of a…
If I needed to describe the distance between two cities, I could…
∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
“Advances are made by answering questions. Discoveries are made…
This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a microstrip.
With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…
An important electrical quantity with no equivalent in DC circuits is…
The Functionality of Diode Polarity Being able to determine the…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
You may have wondered where we got that strange equation for the…
Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
The most straightforward DC network analysis technique is the branch…
Differential Op-Amp Circuits An op-amp with no feedback is already a…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…