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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…

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.

Safety Grounding

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

DC Lab - Series Batteries

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in series and learn the relationship between the individual battery voltages and the total series voltage.

Digital Lab - 7-segment LED Display

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will control a 7-segment binary-coded decimal (BCD) display and learn about active-low and active-high logic inputs.

Digital Logic Signals

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A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…

Kirchhoff’s Laws

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Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…

DC Lab - Sensitive Voltage Detector With Audio Output

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will construct a voltage detector with adjustable sensitivity and audio output, and you will learn a method for detecting small electrical signals without an oscilloscope.

Phase-Locked Loops

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

Input and Output Coupling

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To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…

JFET Amplifiers

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

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

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

Troubleshooting Series and Parallel Circuits

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The jobs of electronics engineers and technicians frequently entail…

AC Lab - Frequency Analysis

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use the frequency spectrum display from an oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn about spectral analysis.

Specific Resistance of Conductors

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Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…

Si Lab - BJT Common-collector Voltage Follower

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a voltage follower amplifier using a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) in common-collector configuration and learn about circuit ground and impedance transformations.

Intro Lab - How to Use a Voltmeter to Measure Voltage

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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure voltage using the voltmeter function.

BJT Amplifier Troubleshooting

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

Nonlinear OpAmp Circuits

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

Performance-Based Assessments for AC Circuit Competencies

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Questions to Ask Before Proceeding

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Has the system ever worked before? If yes, has anything happened to…

Connectors

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

Read-Only Memory (ROM)

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Read-only memory (ROM) is similar in design to static or dynamic RAM…

AC Lab - Induction Motor

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

Symmetric Stripline Impedance Calculator

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

Lorentz Force Calculator

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This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.

Meter Check of a Diode

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The Functionality of Diode Polarity Being able to determine the…

Design Project: Intercom System

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

Resistance, Reactance, and Impedance

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What will happen to the brightness of the light bulb as the iron core…

Applying Ohm’s Law—Rules and Methods for Circuit Analysis

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When analyzing complex series and parallel circuits, it is easy to…

Stepper Motor Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate the maximum speed, minimum time per step and maximum power of a stepper motor

Overcurrent Protection

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What hazards might be posed by a circuit with excessive current going…

Circuits and the Speed of Light

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Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…

Common Derivatives

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    RELATED WORKSHEETS: Calculus for Electric Circuits…

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

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

Phase Rotation

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Three-Phase Alternator Let’s take the three-phase alternator…

Trace Resistance Calculator

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This calculator determines the resistance of a microstrip trace

Switched Capacitor Circuitry

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Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…

The Common-source Amplifier (IGFET)

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Twisted-Pair Impedance Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate the characteristic impedance of a twisted-pair cable

Building Series-Parallel Resistor Circuits

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Once again, when building battery/resistor circuits, the student or…

Multiplexers

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A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…

Boolean Arithmetic

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

Three-phase Transformer Circuits

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Since three-phase is used so often for power distribution systems, it…

Performance-Based Assessments for Network Analysis Competencies

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Parallel R, L, and C

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We can take the same components from the series circuit and rearrange…

Free Space Path Loss Calculator

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This calculator calculates the free space loss, given the distance, frequency, and gain, between two antennas.

DC Lab - Rheostat Range Limiting

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use series and parallel resistor networks to precisely adjust the range and zero point of a rheostat.

Multimeters

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Seeing as how a common meter movement can be made to function as a…

Capacitor Impedance Calculator

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This tool calculates a capacitor's reactance for a given capacitance value and signal frequency.

Delta and Wye 3-Phase Circuits

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Label where each of the following electrical quantities would be found…

An Analogy for Ohm’s Law

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Ohm’s Law also makes intuitive sense if you apply it to the…

Common Antiderivatives

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DC Circuit Equations and Laws

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Power Equation of Ohm’s Law and Joule’s Law    …

Coax Inductance Calculator

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A calculator for computing the inductance of a coaxial cable.

Lenz’s Law and Faraday’s Law Calculator

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This calculator uses Faraday's and Lenz's laws to calculate the magnitude and polarity of the induced electromotive force (EMF) caused by a change in magnetic flux through a closed-loop coil.

TTL NAND and AND gates

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Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…

Parallel DC Circuits Practice Worksheet With Answers

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In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of voltage…

Algebraic Substitution for Electric Circuits

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There are two basic Ohm’s Law equations: one relating voltage,…

Basic Electricity Worksheet

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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?