The voltage divider is a circuit used to create a voltage less than or equal to the input voltage.
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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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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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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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If a strip of conductive metal is stretched, it will become skinnier…
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It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…
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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 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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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 build a thermocouple to measure temperature changes and learn about the Seebeck effect.
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Seebeck Effect An interesting phenomenon applied in the field of…
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The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was named because its operation…
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Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
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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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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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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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A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…
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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 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, use a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) to build a sensitive switching circuit and learn about JFET current gain.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Given three of the four input parameters (refractive indices, angles of incidence, and refraction) this tool calculates the missing variable based on Snell's law.
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No text on electrical metering could be called complete without a…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Show how this ammeter would be connected to the light bulb circuit to…
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The peak voltage calculator calculates peak voltage values from the peak-to-peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.
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The word battery simply means a group of similar components. In…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will examine the heat generated by resistors and maybe even make one smoke! Also, learn to calculate power dissipation using Joule's law and resistor power ratings.
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The singular reason for learning and using the binary numeration…
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This calculator allows you to solve for any of the six variables in the Friis formula for RF transmission: transmitter power, transmitter gain, receiver power, receiver gain, frequency, or distance.
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The Functionality of Diode Polarity Being able to determine the…
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Three-phase Wye(Y) Connection Initially, we explored the idea of…
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“Advances are made by answering questions. Discoveries are made…
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The table of electric currents and their various bodily effects was…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple current mirror using matched bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about current mirror circuit limitations, the temperature dependence of BJTs, and thermal runaway.
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A tool designed to compute the values to be used in a T-match Impedance Circuit
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The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is called…
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A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
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Once again, when building battery/resistor circuits, the student or…
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