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 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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If a strip of conductive metal is stretched, it will become skinnier…
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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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By introducing electrical reactance into the feedback loops of an…
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Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
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It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…
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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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Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…
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The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was named because its operation…
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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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Differential Op-Amp Circuits An op-amp with no feedback is already a…
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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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This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.
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A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…
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Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
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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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Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
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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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The voltage divider is a circuit used to create a voltage less than or equal to the input voltage.
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When first approaching a failed or otherwise misbehaving system, the…
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Suppose we wanted to build a device that could add two binary bits…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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When using conventional current flow, we can trace the direction of…
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Input Voltages for Logic Gates Logic gate circuits are designed to…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will compare the resistance of a lamp filament in its on and off states and learn about nonlinear resistances by applying Ohm's law.
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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
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Suppose I were about to measure an unknown voltage with a manual-range…
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What will this voltmeter register when connected to a battery as shown…
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Suppose we wished to measure the resistance of some component located…
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The R/2R DAC circuit is an alternative to the binary-weighted-input…
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In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test mixed-signal analog and digital circuits using the versatile 555 timer IC. These projects will teach you about RC time constants, duty cycle, transistor current drive, LEDs, voltage doublers, and more.
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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
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Once again, when building battery/resistor circuits, the student or…
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In this series of hands-on electronics experiments, you will build direct current (DC) circuits and learn fundamental electrical engineering circuit concepts.
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple RC circuit that demonstrates phase shift and learn how out-of-phase AC voltages do not add algebraically.
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Ohm’s Law also makes intuitive sense if you apply it to the…
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Research and describe what the Hall effect is, and list some practical…
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This calculator will determine the square root, cube root, or nth root of a given number, x.
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