This balanced attenuator calculator helps you determine the resistor (R1) values for a balanced attenuator.
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In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…
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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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The Q, or quality, factor of a resonant circuit is a measure of the…
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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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What voltage will you choose to use for each of the station batteries?
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This tool is designed to calculate the maximum distance (range) that a radar can detect
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A helpful tool for computing the Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of an antenna
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Early in my explorations of electricity, I came across a length of…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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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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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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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
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A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna
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Though it may seem strange to cover the elementary topic of electrical…
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For a given amount of water pressure, which will flow a greater rate…
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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
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Show how this ammeter would be connected to the light bulb circuit to…
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If we examine a four-bit binary count sequence from 0000 to 1111, a…
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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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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure current using the ammeter function.
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To express a quantity in a different metric prefix from how it was…
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When using conventional current flow, we can trace the direction of…
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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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When calculating the power dissipation of resistive components, we can…
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Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
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A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…
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There was some historic crude, but usable semiconductor…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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A calculator for computing the impedance of an edge coupled stripline.
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Suppose we wanted to build a device that could add two binary bits…
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