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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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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Early in my explorations of electricity, I came across a length of…
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The Q, or quality, factor of a resonant circuit is a measure of the…
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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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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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A helpful tool for computing the Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of an antenna
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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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In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…
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This balanced attenuator calculator helps you determine the resistor (R1) values for a balanced attenuator.
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This tool is designed to calculate the maximum distance (range) that a radar can detect
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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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Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…
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What, exactly, is necessary to establish electrical continuity between…
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Power in an electric circuit is the product (multiplication) of…
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Constant rule Rule of sums Rule of differences Product rule Quotient…
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This calculates the capacitance of a capacitor based on its charge, Q, and its voltage, V, according to the formula, C=Q/V.
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) to switch an LED and learn about the current their amplification.
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple transformer and learn some important transformer fundamentals including voltage step-up and step-down.
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Let’s analyze a simple series circuit and determine the voltage…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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What do we do if we come across a circuit more complex than the simple…
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The time constant of a series RC circuit is the product of the resistance and capacitance. Given two of the three values—resistance, capacitance, or RC time constant—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.
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This balanced attenuator calculator helps you determine the resistor (R1) values for a balanced attenuator.
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Bipolar junction transistors (Also known as BJTs) can be used as an…
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Euler’s Number Euler’s constant is an important value for…
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At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
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Before we begin to explore the effects of resistors, inductors, and…
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A demultiplexer, sometimes abbreviated dmux, is a circuit that has one…
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When we store information in some kind of circuit or device, we not…
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The R/2R DAC circuit is an alternative to the binary-weighted-input…
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