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Sum-of-Products and Product-of-Sums Expressions

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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…

Design Project: AC-DC Power Supply

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Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…

Voltmeter Impact on Measured Circuit

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Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…

Analog and Digital Signals

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Instrumentation is a field of study and work centering on measurement…

DC Motor Theory

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If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…

Specific Troubleshooting Techniques

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After applying some of the general troubleshooting tips to narrow the…

Oscilloscope Trigger Controls

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A very useful tool for observing rotating objects is a strobe light.…

Ohmmeter Design

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Though mechanical ohmmeter (resistance meter) designs are rarely used…

PN Junctions

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

AC Lab - PC Oscilloscope

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use a PC-based oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn basic oscilloscope operation.

BJT Amplifier Troubleshooting

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As an instructor of electronics, I am called upon frequently to help…

Basic Voltmeter Use

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What will this voltmeter register when connected to a battery as shown…

Batteries

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If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…

Design Project: Dual-output AC-DC Power Supply

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Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…

DC Lab - Build Your Own Multimeter

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple voltmeter and ammeter while learning some fundamentals about circuit measurements.

DC Lab - 4-wire Resistance Measurement

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will perform a 4-wire Kelvin resistance measurement and learn how to accurately measure resistance.

Simple Circuits

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Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…

Performance-Based Assessments for AC Circuit Competencies

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Junction field-effect transistors (JFET)

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Design Project: Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) Signal Generator

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What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…

Tube Parameters

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For bipolar junction transistors, the fundamental measure of…

Encoders and Decoders

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What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…

Design Project: Signal Generator

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Explain the principle of operation for the particular integrated…

Impedance Transformation

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Standing waves at the resonant frequency points of an open- or…

Common Sources of Hazard

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Of course, there is a danger of electrical shock when directly…

Electromagnetism

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The discovery of the relationship between magnetism and electricity…

Stripline Max Current Calculator

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A calculator designed to calculate the maximum current that a stripline can handle

AC Commutator Motors

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Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

AC Lab - Large Induction Motor

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a large AC permanent capacitor split-phase induction motor and learn the principles of AC induction motor function.

Design Project: Intercom System

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Design a passive circuit that will create a "split” ( V/-V) power…

Arc Flash and Arc Blast

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Electromechanical relays used to start and stop high-power electric…

Transistors, junction field-effect (JFET)

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Note that the direction of the arrow at the gate indicates the…

Other Specialized Motors

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Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…

Finite-length Transmission Lines

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A transmission line of infinite length is an interesting abstraction,…

Introduction to Combinational Logic Functions

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The term “combinational” comes to us from mathematics. In…

Digital Lab - S-R Latch With Enable Input using NAND Gates

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an S-R latch with an enabled input using four NAND gates and learn more about digital circuit functionality.

Pressure Unit Conversion Calculator

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This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.

Likely Failures in Unproven Systems

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“All men are liable to error;” —John Locke Whereas…

Numeration Systems

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Digital computers communicate with external devices through ports:…

Op-Amp Practical Considerations

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Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…

Design Project: Sensitive Audio Detector

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The choice of step-down transformers to use in a project such as this…

Performance-Based Assessments for Basic Electricity Competencies

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The Common-gate Amplifier (IGFET)

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Noise Figure Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate the noise figure of cascaded amplifiers

Transistor Ratings and Packages (BJT)

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Like all electrical and electronic components, transistors are limited…

The Common-drain Amplifier (IGFET)

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Inductor Commutating Circuits

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A popular use of diodes is for the mitigation of inductive…

Averager and Summer Circuits

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If we take three equal resistors and connect one end of each to a…

T-Pad Attenuator Calculator

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This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a T-pad attenuator.

Design Project: Audio Power Amplifier

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Explain how the microphone in your amplifier works. How, exactly, does…

Counters

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

Calculating Electric Power

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Learn the Power Formula We’ve seen the formula for determining…

The Common-source Amplifier (IGFET)

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Junction Field-effect Transistors

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The field effect transistor was proposed by Julius Lilienfeld in US…

AC Power

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If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…

Stripline Trace Width Calculator

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A calculator designed to calculate the trace width of a stripline based on the maximum current rating

Questions relating to project management

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Analog-to-Digital Conversion

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The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…

Computer Simulation of Electric Circuits

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Computers can be powerful tools if used properly, especially in the…