In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, an electronic musical keyboard will be used as a variable-frequency AC signal generator to learn the difference between AC amplitude and frequency.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will examine the heat generated by resistors and maybe even make one smoke! Also, learn to calculate power dissipation using Joule's law and resistor power ratings.
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Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…
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Instrumentation is a field of study and work centering on measurement…
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Bipolar transistors are constructed of a three-layer semiconductor…
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Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…
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It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…
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Identify some different ways you can create the sine-wave audio tracks…
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If we were to express the series-connected DC voltages as phasors…
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Radio waves are comprised of oscillating electric and magnetic fields,…
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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
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Computerized Fourier analysis, particularly in the form of the FFT…
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A meter is any device built to accurately detect and display an…
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When someone mentions the word “computer,” a digital…
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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
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Three-Phase Alternator Let’s take the three-phase alternator…
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Explain how a moving-coil, or dynamic microphone works. Identify how…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog differentiator circuit that outputs a signal proportional to the rate-of-change and learn about one of the advantages of analog circuits.
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Factoring Identities : a2 - b2 = (a + b) (a - b) a2 + 2ab + b2…
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Complex numbers are useful for AC circuit analysis because they…
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This calculator provides three options—basic, intermediate, and advanced—for determining expected battery life for microcontroller, Internet of Things (IoT), and edge processing systems with up to four different operating modes.
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If you’ve ever witnessed a lightning storm, you’ve seen…
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What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an op amp voltage follower and learn about negative feedback in operational amplifier circuits.
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an electromagnet and learn about electromagnetism including the relationship of magnetic polarity to current flow.
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Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…
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As the name suggests, the tetrode tube contains four elements: cathode…
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This calculator determines the resistance of a microstrip trace
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The half-adder is extremely useful until you want to add more than one…
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Explain how a moving-coil, or dynamic microphone works. Identify how…
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All About Diodes A diode is an electrical device allowing current to…
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! One of the fundamental principles of…
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Three-Phase Alternator Let’s take the three-phase alternator…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…
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Passive Devices Components incapable of controlling current by means…
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Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…
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After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…
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In this electrical circuit, trace the direction of current through the…
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Whenever there is a mismatch of impedance between transmission line…
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A helpful analogy for understanding divided feedback amplifier…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple RC circuit that demonstrates phase shift and learn how out-of-phase AC voltages do not add algebraically.
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A circuit with an inductor (L) and capacitor (C) connected in parallel or series will have a resonant frequency at which their impedances are equal. Given two of the three values—inductance, capacitance, or resonant frequency—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.
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If some percentage of an amplifier’s output signal is connected…
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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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