Special-purpose Diodes

Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…

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Design Project: Power Inverter

A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…

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How to Calculate Power in a Series and Parallel Circuit

When calculating the power dissipation of resistive components, we can…

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Sources of Electricity

What is the difference between DC and AC electricity? Identify some…

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Special-purpose Diodes

Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…

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Voltage, Current, and Resistance

Voltage is commonly defined as “electrical pressure.” The unit of…

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Power Sources

There are many different types of power sources, and here some of the…

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AC Lab - Using a Transformer to Build a 12 VAC Power Supply

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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Electrical Energy Calculator

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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AC Power

If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…

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Lenz’s Law and Faraday’s Law Calculator

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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Speed Distance Time Calculator

This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.

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Energy, Work, and Power

Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.

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Regulated Power Sources

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

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Antiderivatives of Power Functions of e

  Note: this is a very unique and useful property of e. As in…

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Temperature Converter

Convert between Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin

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JFET Amplifiers

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

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Introduction to Operational Amplifiers (Op-amps)

What is an Operational Amplifier (Op-amp)? Operational Amplifiers,…

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Shift Registers: Serial-in, Parallel-out (SIPO) Conversion

A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…

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EIRP Calculator

A helpful tool for computing the Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of an antenna

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Demultiplexers

A demultiplexer, sometimes abbreviated dmux, is a circuit that has one…

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Half-Adder

As a first example of useful combinational logic, let’s build a…

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Making a Venn Diagram Look Like a Karnaugh Map

Starting with circle A in a rectangular A’ universe in figure…

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Input and Output Coupling

To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…

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Ohm’s Law (again!)

A common phrase heard in reference to electrical safety goes something…

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Phasing

Since transformers are essentially AC devices, we need to be aware of…

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Review of R, X, and Z (Resistance, Reactance and Impedance)

Before we begin to explore the effects of resistors, inductors, and…

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T-Pad Attenuator Calculator

This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a T-pad attenuator.

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An Electric Pendulum

Capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, and…

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What is the Relationship Between Conductance and Resistance?

The concept and measurement units of resistance are most often used…

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Design Project: DC Motor

The armature windings of your DC motor will have very low resistance.…

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Design Project: Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) Signal Generator

What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…

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Digital Lab - S-R Flip-flop Using NAND Gates

In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an edge-triggered S-R flip-flop, learn the difference between a latch and a flip-flop, and experience how a switch bounce can cause logic errors.

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Measurement Circuits

Figure below shows a photodiode amplifier for measuring low levels of…

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