This calculator will determine the correct antenna downtilt angle given the heights of the antennas and distance between them.
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This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a bridged-tee attenuator.
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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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The Q, or quality, factor of a resonant circuit is a measure of the…
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This calculator allows you to solve for any of the six variables in the Friis formula for RF transmission: transmitter power, transmitter gain, receiver power, receiver gain, frequency, or distance.
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This balanced attenuator calculator helps you determine the resistor (R1) values for a balanced attenuator.
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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.
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Early in my explorations of electricity, I came across a length of…
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A helpful tool for computing the Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of an antenna
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What voltage will you choose to use for each of the station batteries?
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…
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This tool is designed to calculate the maximum distance (range) that a radar can detect
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To enter numbers in scientific notation into a hand calculator, there…
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This tool is designed to compute for the trace width of a microstrip
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Centuries ago, it was discovered that certain types of mineral rock…
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So far, the phenomenon of resonance appears to be a useless curiosity,…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple RC circuit that demonstrates phase shift and learn how out-of-phase AC voltages do not add algebraically.
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When capacitors are connected in series, the total capacitance is…
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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
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JFETs, like bipolar transistors, are able to “throttle”…
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This calculator allows you to solve for any of the six variables in the Friis formula for RF transmission: transmitter power, transmitter gain, receiver power, receiver gain, frequency, or distance.
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By now you should be well aware of the correlation between electrical…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test a 2-input digital NAND gate with LED indicators and learn to read pinout diagrams, power a digital IC, connect unused inputs and outputs, and use pulldown resistors.
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A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…
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In the common-emitter section of this chapter, we saw a SPICE analysis…
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Our exploration of thyristors begins with a device called the…
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A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…
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Though mechanical ohmmeter (resistance meter) designs are rarely used…
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There was some historic crude, but usable semiconductor…
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The following circuits are pre-tested netlists for SPICE 2g6, complete…
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Whenever there is a mismatch of impedance between transmission line…
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Notice something important here: taking the derivative of f(x)…
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We can construct a simple logic functions for our hypothetical lamp…
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TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…
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In instrumentation circuitry, DC signals are often used as analog…
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If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…
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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
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Define what noise means, in the electrical sense of the word. How does…
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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a rectangle loop.
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In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of voltage…
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A peak detector is a series connection of a diode and a…
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Three-Phase Alternator Let’s take the three-phase alternator…
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In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…
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With simple gate and combinational logic circuits, there is a definite…
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The node voltage method of DC network analysis solves for unknown…
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The instrumentation amplifier calculator will assist in the design and analysis of a conventional instrumentation amplifier circuit by calculating the required resistor values and gain.
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Pure semiconductors are relatively good insulators as compared with…
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Voltage is commonly defined as “electrical pressure.” The unit of…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator using a 555 timer and learn the theory of operation of the 555 timer when configured as an astable multivibrator.
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