This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.
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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 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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What is the difference between DC and AC electricity? Identify some…
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A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…
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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
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Voltage is commonly defined as “electrical pressure.” The unit of…
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There are many different types of power sources, and here some of the…
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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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When calculating the power dissipation of resistive components, we can…
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If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…
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A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…
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The final transistor amplifier configuration (Figure below) we need to…
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A Link Budget puts into account all gains and losses a signal goes through in a system as it is transmitted. The calculator calculates the power of the received signal given amplifier and antenna gains, and medium loss.
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All About Diodes A diode is an electrical device allowing current to…
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As we saw in a few SPICE analyses earlier in this chapter, the output…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use a PC-based oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn basic oscilloscope operation.
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As we’ve seen, negative feedback is an incredibly useful…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog integrator using an operational amplifier and learn about integration functions, op amp input bias currents, and how to limit the voltage swing of a potentiometer.
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In the simplest terms you can think of, define what an electrical…
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Capacitors do not have a stable “resistance” as conductors…
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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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An important electrical quantity with no equivalent in DC circuits is…
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So far we know that AC voltage alternates in polarity and AC current…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an S-R latch with an enabled input using four NAND gates and learn more about digital circuit functionality.
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A similar effect happens in series inductive/capacitive circuits. When…
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With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
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Parametric data for all semiconductor op-amp models except the CA3130…
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A calculator for computing the gain and output voltage of an operational amplifier
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This calculates values of the inductance, capacitance of an inductor and capacitor used in a Butterworth LC bandpass filter.
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Conductors lose all of their electrical resistance when cooled to…
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If we were to express the series-connected DC voltages as phasors…
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The Voltage Gain Because amplifiers have the ability to increase the…
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Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…
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Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
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What is a harmonic frequency? If an oscillator circuit outputs a…
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How is it possible to assign a fixed value of voltage or current (such…
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So far, we’ve been analyzing single-battery, single-resistor…
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The structure behind ladder logic is based on the electrical ladder…
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This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a rectangular waveguide
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If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…
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The following is a partial list of contributors to the current online…
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A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a blue LED flasher using a 555 timer and learn the basic theory of a voltage doubler using a transistor switch and a capacitor.
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AC ANALYSIS: General form: .ac [curve] [points] [start] [final]…
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The first, and perhaps most important, relationship between current,…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Class B push-pull audio amplifier to drive a speaker and learn about crossover distortion and how to minimize it using negative feedback.
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