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Simultaneous Equations for Circuit Analysis

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Solve this equation for the value of x: x + 5 = 8 How many exact…

Safety Grounding

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

Magnetic Units of Measurement

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In electric circuits, the three basic quantities are voltage (E or V),…

Basic Troubleshooting Strategies

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A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…

Differential Transistor Amplifiers

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

More on AC “polarity”

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Complex numbers are useful for AC circuit analysis because they…

Design Project: Voltmeter

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The most important component of your voltmeter will be the…

Performance-Based Assessments for Analog Integrated Circuit Competencies

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

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

Ammeter Impact on Measured Circuit

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Just like voltmeters, ammeters tend to influence the amount of current…

Wire-by-Number project kit introduction

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

Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…

Ohm’s Law - How Voltage, Current, and Resistance Relate

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The first, and perhaps most important, relationship between current,…

Edge-triggered Latches: Flip-Flops

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

Calculating Power Factor

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As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…

Design Project: Audio Media-Based Signal Generator

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Identify some different ways you can create the sine-wave audio tracks…

Conductor Ampacity

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The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…

PN Junctions

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

Arc Flash and Arc Blast

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

What is Network Analysis?

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The basic application of Ohm’s law to combinations of series and…

Coil Inductance Calculator

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This calculator computes the inductance of a wire coil.

Asymmetric Stripline Impedance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an asymmetric stripline

Logic Signal Voltage Levels

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Input Voltages for Logic Gates Logic gate circuits are designed to…

Performance-Based Assessments for DC Circuit Competencies

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Design Project: Arbitrary Waveform Generator

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What, exactly, is an arbitrary waveform generator, and for what…

A Binary Adder

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

Synchronous Counters

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What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…

Meter Check of a Transistor (BJT)

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Bipolar transistors are constructed of a three-layer semiconductor…

Square Root, Cube Root, and Nth Root Calculator

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This calculator will determine the square root, cube root, or nth root of a given number, x.

Parallel Resistor-Inductor Circuits

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Let’s take the same components for our series example circuit…

AC Circuit Equations

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Inductive Reactance     Capacitive Reactance    …

Connectors

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An electrical connector, is an electro-mechanical device used to join…

Ohm’s Law (again!)

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A common phrase heard in reference to electrical safety goes something…

Phase-Locked Loops

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

Ohm’s Law Calculator

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Calculate circuit parameters using Ohm's Law

555 Timer Monostable Circuit Calculator

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This calculator computes for the output pulse width of a 555 timer monostable circuit

Tracking ADC

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A third variation on the counter-DAC-based converter theme is, in my…

Inductors

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! A 5 H inductor is subjected to an electric…

Characteristic Impedance

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Note the “50 ohm” rating printed on the jacket of the cable. What…

Boolean Arithmetic

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Let us begin our exploration of Boolean algebra by adding numbers…

Boolean Algebra

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

Skin Depth Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate skin depth based on the conductive material being used and the frequency of the signal.

Calculating Electric Power

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

Advanced Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Electronic power conversion circuits known…

Single-phase Power Systems

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Single phase power system schematic diagram shows little about the…

Resonance in Series-Parallel Circuits

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In simple reactive circuits with little or no resistance, the effects…

Synchronous Condenser

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Synchronous motors load the power line with a leading power factor.…

Introduction to Combinational Logic Functions

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

Time-delay Relays

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What are Time-Delay Relays? Some relays are constructed with a kind of…

Counter Modulus

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Microwave Tubes

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For extremely high-frequency applications (above 1 GHz), the…

Electron Versus Conventional Flow

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In this electrical circuit, trace the direction of current through the…

Optothyristors

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Like bipolar transistors, SCRs and TRIACs are also manufactured as…

Edge-triggered Latches: Flip-Flops

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

The Tetrode

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As the name suggests, the tetrode tube contains four elements: cathode…

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.

Building a Differential Amplifier

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Differential Op-Amp Circuits An op-amp with no feedback is already a…

Wire Loop Inductance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a wire loop.

The Thyristor

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A thyristor is a device that has a number of unusual characteristics.…

Mutual Inductance

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If two coils of wire are brought into close proximity with each other…