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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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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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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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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In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…
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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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This balanced attenuator calculator helps you determine the resistor (R1) values for a balanced attenuator.
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As was stated in the last chapter, there is more than one type of…
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The first, and perhaps most important, relationship between current,…
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A calculator for computing the impedance of an edge coupled stripline.
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will sense AC electric fields using the sensitive voltage detector and learn about capacitive coupling, EMI, and shielding techniques.
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In addition to forward voltage drop (Vf) and peak inverse voltage…
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It is sometimes desirable to have circuits capable of selectively…
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Bipolar junction transistors (Also known as BJTs) can be used as an…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in parallel to power a light and learn the relationship between the individual battery currents and the total system current.
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This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.
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(“c” being a constant) RELATED…
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Suppose I were about to measure an unknown voltage with a manual-range…
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The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…
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What Is an Instrumentation Amplifier? An instrumentation amplifier…
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A very common misconception students have about potentiometers is the…
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Though it may seem strange to cover the elementary topic of electrical…
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Critical temperatures given in Kelvins Material Element/Alloy Critical…
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The atoms in insulating materials have very tightly-bound electrons,…
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