What is the difference between DC and AC electricity? Identify some…
A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…
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.
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.
What is the difference between DC and AC electricity? Identify some…
Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
When calculating the power dissipation of resistive components, we can…
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.
This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.
Voltage is commonly defined as “electrical pressure.” The unit of…
If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
There are many different types of power sources, and here some of the…
The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…
One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
A tool designed to convert RF power from watts to decibels and vice versa
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
As was stated in the last chapter, there is more than one type of…
Instantaneous Values in AC Circuits Pure resistive AC circuit:…
Solve this equation for the value of x: x + 5 = 8 How many exact…
If we take the equivalent circuit of an SCR and add another external…
∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! One of the fundamental principles of…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
A modern alternative to sending (binary) digital information via…
De Forest’s Audion tube came to be known as the triode tube…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in parallel to power a light and learn the relationship between the individual battery currents and the total system current.
Identify which direction each potentiometer wiper must move in this…
Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
The node voltage method of DC network analysis solves for unknown…
Suppose we wanted to build a device that could add two binary bits…
The term “combinational” comes to us from mathematics. In…
What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…
