Learning Objectives Rheostat use Wiring a potentiometer as a rheostat…
A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…
It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…
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…
Centuries ago, it was discovered that certain types of mineral rock…
For ease of drawing complex circuit diagrams, electronic amplifiers…
By introducing electrical reactance into the feedback loops of an…
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
PARTS AND MATERIALS High-quality “closed-cup” audio…
PARTS AND MATERIALS One N-channel junction field-effect transistor,…
Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
Seebeck Effect An interesting phenomenon applied in the field of…
Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was named because its operation…
Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…
PARTS AND MATERIALS 6-volt battery Electromagnet made from experiment…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two 6-volt batteries Two NPN…
Differential Op-Amp Circuits An op-amp with no feedback is already a…
If a strip of conductive metal is stretched, it will become skinnier…
A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…
Critical temperatures given in Kelvins Material Element/Alloy Critical…
An LED resistance calculator is perfect for when you have a single LED and need to know which resistor you should use.
We have the symbols for depletion mode and enhancement mode MOSFETs -…
When first approaching a failed or otherwise misbehaving system, the…
The SPICE (Simulation Program, Integrated Circuit Emphesis)…
Synchronous motors load the power line with a leading power factor.…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two 6 volt batteries Capacitor, 0.1 µF…
There are three major kinds of power supplies: unregulated (also…
An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
The table of electric currents and their various bodily effects was…
In the simplest terms you can think of, define what an electrical…
Centuries ago, it was discovered that certain types of mineral rock…
All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
PARTS AND MATERIALS High-quality “closed-cup” audio…
The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
PARTS AND MATERIALS One N-channel junction field-effect transistor,…
When students first see the parallel resistance equation, the natural…
