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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For ease of drawing complex circuit diagrams, electronic amplifiers…
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This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.
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Seebeck Effect An interesting phenomenon applied in the field of…
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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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Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
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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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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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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
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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 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 determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.
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If a strip of conductive metal is stretched, it will become skinnier…
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Centuries ago, it was discovered that certain types of mineral rock…
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Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…
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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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It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…
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A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…
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In this motor control circuit, how would you ensure that there is no…
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Power in an electric circuit is the product (multiplication) of…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…
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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…
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When an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, what…
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As a first example of useful combinational logic, let’s build a…
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A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna
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What is an Encoder? An encoder is a circuit that changes a set of…
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It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
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Roman Numerals The Romans devised a system that was a substantial…
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This calculator computes the resonant frequency of a parallel inductor and capacitor "tank" circuit.
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Project Overview This project employs all of the skills…
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There are four basic factors of inductor construction determining the…
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This calculator computes the inductance of a microstrip etched on a PCB.
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Resistors vs. Inductors Inductors do not behave the same way as…
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Single phase power system schematic diagram shows little about the…
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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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