Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will compare the resistance of a lamp filament in its on and off states and learn about nonlinear resistances by applying Ohm's law.
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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure current using the ammeter function.
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The instrumentation amplifier calculator will assist in the design and analysis of a conventional instrumentation amplifier circuit by calculating the required resistor values and gain.
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What is a harmonic frequency? If an oscillator circuit outputs a…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use a potentiometer as a variable resistor to control the speed of a motor and learn how to connect a potentiometer as a rheostat.
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If a strip of conductive metal is stretched, it will become skinnier…
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Let’s connect three AC voltage sources in series and use complex…
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Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
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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.
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The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…
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In this hands-on semiconductor experiment, build an improved full-wave rectifier with output filtering and learn about capacitive filtering in AC-to-DC power converters.
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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.
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To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a battery-operated circuit with a light and learn about open and short circuit failures.
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The jobs of electronics engineers and technicians frequently entail…
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In simple AC power systems, one of the two conductors is typically…
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If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…
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Despite lock-out/tag-out procedures and multiple repetitions of…
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Explain how an ohmmeter is able to measure the resistance of a…
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Has the system ever worked before? If yes, has anything happened to…
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The Functionality of Diode Polarity Being able to determine the…
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A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…
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In the beam power tube, the basic four-element structure of the…
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It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…
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There are three basic factors of capacitor construction determining…
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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.
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SCRs are unidirectional (one-way) current devices, making them useful…
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Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…
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Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…
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Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a BJT differential amplifier and learn about a fundamental building block that is the basis of most operational amplifiers.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build resistive current dividers and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's current law function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.
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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an audio amplifier using a vacuum tube (triode) and learn about voltage transformers, how to build a high-voltage DC power supply, and how to use a transformer for impedance matching.
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Digital computers communicate with external devices through ports:…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator using a 555 timer and learn the theory of operation of the 555 timer when configured as an astable multivibrator.
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A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna
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The most straightforward DC network analysis technique is the branch…
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Current Components in a series circuit share the same current: Itotal…
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The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was named because its operation…
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This page will walk you step-by-step through the process of…
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In this electrical circuit, trace the direction of current through the…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will create a battery from a potato (yes! a potato) and learn about the relationship between chemical energy and electric energy.
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Since the enable input on a gated S-R latch provides a way to latch…
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This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
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Using an example, learn about the different bias techniques for junction field effect transistors (JFETs) like the constant voltage bias, self-bias configuration, and voltage divider biasing.
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…
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Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…
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When a switch is actuated and contacts touch one another under the…
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Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…
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