Voltage is commonly defined as “electrical pressure.” The unit of…
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A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…
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There are many different types of power sources, and here some of the…
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If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…
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This calculator uses Faraday's and Lenz's laws to calculate the magnitude and polarity of the induced electromotive force (EMF) caused by a change in magnetic flux through a closed-loop coil.
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a 12 V alternating current (AC) power supply using a step-down transformer and learn about transformer operation and the purpose of tapped windings.
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This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
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What is the difference between DC and AC electricity? Identify some…
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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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This calculator will determine the instantaneous energy, sustained energy, and power consumed by an electrical system given two of the three electrical parameters (voltage, current, or resistance) and the time.
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When calculating the power dissipation of resistive components, we can…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a high-impedance voltmeter and learn about circuit loading and how to use op amps to reduce loading effects.
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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
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What Is Kirchhoff’s Current Law? Kirchhoff’s Current Law,…
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What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
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Conductors lose all of their electrical resistance when cooled to…
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A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…
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Because of their insulated gates, IGFETs of all types have extremely…
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In the previous section, we explored what would happen in simple…
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Although the prime intent of octal and hexadecimal numeration systems…
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So far in our discussions on electricity and electric circuits, we…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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The purpose of the parallel-in/ parallel-out shift register is to take…
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This tool calculates a capacitor's reactance for a given capacitance value and signal frequency.
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Aside from the issues of the physical network (signal types and…
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The basic application of Ohm’s law to combinations of series and…
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Explain the difference between a balanced polyphase system and an…
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Shown here is a simplified representation of an atom: the smallest…
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Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…
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Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
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In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…
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The final transistor amplifier configuration (Figure below) we need to…
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The invention of the bipolar transistor in 1948 ushered in a…
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Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…
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Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…
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Euler’s Number Euler’s constant is an important value for…
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Ohm’s Law also makes intuitive sense if you apply it to the…
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This calculator computes for the output pulse width of a 555 timer monostable circuit
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Input impedance varies considerably with the circuit configuration…
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Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…
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The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
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Most electrical wire is covered in a rubber or plastic coating called…
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This calculator helps you compute for the inductance of an edge coupled trace.
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The circuits in the figure below are known as clampers or DC…
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What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…
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Parametric data for all semiconductor op-amp models except the CA3130…
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In many disciplines of science and engineering, very large and very…
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The fourth example has A partially overlapping B. Though, we will…
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In this hands-on semiconductor experiment, build an improved full-wave rectifier with output filtering and learn about capacitive filtering in AC-to-DC power converters.
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By now you should be well aware of the correlation between electrical…
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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
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