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The Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR)

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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…

AC Motor Control Circuits

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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

Analog and Digital Signals

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

Si Lab - Half-wave Rectifier

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a half-wave rectifier circuit using a silicon diode and learn about the differences between permanent magnet motor operation on AC vs. DC power.

Performance-Based Assessments for Network Analysis Competencies

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Basic AC-DC Power Supplies

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

DC Metrology

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Define the following metrological terms: • Uncertainty • Accuracy…

Digital Display Circuits

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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…

Solving Unbalanced Wheatstone Bridge Circuits Via Mesh Current Method

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An unbalanced Wheatstone bridge cannot be solved using simple series…

Phase-Locked Loops

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This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…

DC Lab - Thermoelectricity

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a thermocouple to measure temperature changes and learn about the Seebeck effect.

Multiplexers and Demultiplexers

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

Component Failure Analysis (Continued)

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“I consider that I understand an equation when I can predict the…

Edge-triggered Latches: Flip-Flops

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So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…

AC Voltmeters and Ammeters

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AC electromechanical meter movements come in two basic arrangements:…

Clipper and Clamper Circuits

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

Bipolar Junction Transistors in Active Mode

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

Capacitive Reactance

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Autotransformers

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How much voltage is there between the following pairs of points in…

DC Lab - Voltage Divider

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a resistive voltage divider and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's voltage law (KVL) function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.

Right Triangle Trigonometry

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  A right triangle is defined as having one angle precisely…

Capacitor Charge and Time Constant Calculator

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This calculator computes for the capacitor charge time and energy, given the supply voltage and the added series resistance.

Design Project: Power Inverter

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A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…

Linear Computational Circuitry

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

pH Measurement

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A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…

Mutual Inductance and Basic Operation

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Behaviors of Inductors wrapped around a Conductive Core Suppose we…

TTL NOR and OR gates

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TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…

AC Voltmeters and Ammeters

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AC electromechanical meter movements come in two basic arrangements:…

Series LED Resistor Calculator

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This series LED resistance calculator is perfect for when you have a single LED or a number of the same color of LEDs in series and need to know which resistor you should use.

Analog Lab - Op Amp Integrator

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog integrator using an operational amplifier and learn about integration functions, op amp input bias currents, and how to limit the voltage swing of a potentiometer.

Bipolar Junction Transistors in Active Mode

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Insulated Gate Field-Effect Transistors

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Resonant Filters

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So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…

A Binary Adder

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Suppose we wanted to build a device that could add two binary bits…

Computational Circuits

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When someone mentions the word “computer,” a digital…

High Voltage Ohmmeters

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Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…

Meter Check of a Transistor (JFET)

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Testing a JFET with a multimeter might seem to be a relatively easy…

Electrical Isolation

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SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…

Larger 4-variable Karnaugh Maps

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Knowing how to generate Gray code should allow us to build larger…

Safety Grounding

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In simple AC power systems, one of the two conductors is typically…

EIRP Calculator

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A helpful tool for computing the Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of an antenna

IGFET Amplifiers

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

Wire-by-Number project kit introduction

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Wire-by-Number project: simple voltage divider Description: Build a…

AC Resistor Circuits (Capacitive)

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Pure resistive AC circuit: voltage and current are in phase.  …

Bipolar Transistor Biasing Circuits

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Meter Check of a Diode

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The Functionality of Diode Polarity Being able to determine the…

Other Specialized Motors

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

Symmetric Stripline Impedance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a symmetric stripline.

Fuses

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Normally, the ampacity rating of a conductor is a circuit design…

Basic Circuit Troubleshooting

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Determine if the light bulb will de-energize for each of the following…

Differentiator and Integrator Circuits

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By introducing electrical reactance into the feedback loops of an…

Ideal Diode Current and Voltage Calculator

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This calculator solves for any single missing value in the ideal diode I-V equation for a forward-biased PN-junction diode. Parameters are current, saturation current, voltage, temperature, and ideality factor.

Resistor Color Codes

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Try out our Resistor Color Code Calculator in our Tools section.…

Complex Number Arithmetic

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Since complex numbers are legitimate mathematical entities, just like…

Boolean Relationships on Venn Diagrams

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The fourth example has A partially overlapping B. Though, we will…

Capacitor Types

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A capacitor is a passive two-terminal electronic component that…

Temperature Coefficients of Resistance Table

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Temperature coefficient (α) per degree C: Material Element/Alloy…

Special-purpose Diodes

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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…

Design Project: AC-DC Power Supply

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

Common Sources of Hazard

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