Early in my explorations of electricity, I came across a length of…
This balanced attenuator calculator helps you determine the resistor (R1) values for a balanced attenuator.
The Q, or quality, factor of a resonant circuit is a measure of the…
A helpful tool for computing the Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of an antenna
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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.
This calculator will determine the correct antenna downtilt angle given the heights of the antennas and distance between them.
In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…
This calculator computes the power received by an antenna using Friis formula
This tool is designed to calculate the maximum distance (range) that a radar can detect
What voltage will you choose to use for each of the station batteries?
Given three of the four input parameters (refractive indices, angles of incidence, and refraction) this tool calculates the missing variable based on Snell's law.
This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a bridged-tee attenuator.
TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…
Calculate circuit parameters using Ohm's Law
By definition, a low-pass filter is a circuit offering easy passage to…
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What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…
This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.
Aside from the issues of the physical network (signal types and…
The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…
A parallel circuit is often called a current divider for its ability…
Let’s count from zero to twenty using four different kinds of…
This series LED resistance calculator is perfect for when you have a single LED or a number of the same color of LEDs in series and need to know which resistor you should use.
All About Diodes A diode is an electrical device allowing current to…
A bistable multivibrator has two stable states, as indicated by the…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple circuit that will teach you how to use a commutating diode to reduce inductive kickback.
A common phrase heard in reference to electrical safety goes something…
The following problems are arranged in order from most likely to least…
Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a symmetric stripline.
While Oersted’s surprising discovery of electromagnetism paved…
In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…
If your event sensing switch is mechanical in nature, you will likely…
Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an op amp voltage follower and learn about negative feedback in operational amplifier circuits.
Instrumentation is a field of study and work centering on measurement…
As lengthy as this chapter has been up to this point, it only begins…
A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a null-balancing potentiometric voltmeter and learn how to prevent a voltmeter from changing the voltage it is measuring.
If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…
Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…
Dielectric strength in kilovolts per inch (kV/in): Material*…
Determine if the light bulb will de-energize for each of the following…
The SPICE circuit simulation computer program uses scientific notation…
By introducing electrical reactance into the feedback loops of an…
So far we have been finding Sum-Of-Product (SOP) solutions to logic…
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What is Split-Phase Power Systems? Split-phase power systems achieve…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an audio amplifier using a vacuum tube (triode) and learn about voltage transformers, how to build a high-voltage DC power supply, and how to use a transformer for impedance matching.