In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…
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Project Overview This project employs all of the skills…
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What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…
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Power in an electric circuit is the product (multiplication) of…
What, exactly, is an arbitrary waveform generator, and for what…
AC ANALYSIS: General form: .ac [curve] [points] [start] [final]…
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Suppose I were about to measure an unknown voltage with a manual-range…
The basic application of Ohm’s law to combinations of series and…
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If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…
As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…
The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
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.
In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure voltage using the voltmeter function.
In this series of hands-on electronics experiments, build analog circuits, including amplifiers, comparators, oscillators, and more. Following the step-by-step instructions will help you understand and appreciate analog systems.
SPICE is a computer program designed to simulate analog electronic…
The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
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.
Typically, complex circuits are not arranged in nice, neat, clean…
The normal data inputs to a flip flop (D, S and R, or J and K) are…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
Since the enable input on a gated S-R latch provides a way to latch…
It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
The discovery of the relationship between magnetism and electricity…
This calculator helps you compute for the inductance of an edge coupled trace.
Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…
The concept and measurement units of resistance are most often used…
A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…
As the name suggests, the tetrode tube contains four elements: cathode…
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.
Voltage Components in a parallel circuit share the same voltage:…
Inductors, like all electrical components, have limitations which must…
Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
This calculates the capacitance of a capacitor based on its charge, Q, and its voltage, V, according to the formula, C=Q/V.
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave rectifier for AC to DC conversion and learn about center-tapped transformers.
An important electrical quantity with no equivalent in DC circuits is…
What is Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)? The principle known as…
This tool is designed to calculate the inductance of two parallel wires
This calculator calculates the free space loss, given the distance, frequency, and gain, between two antennas.
Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…
Varicap or varactor diodes A variable capacitance diode is known as a…
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What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
Before we begin to explore the effects of resistors, inductors, and…
If an electric current is passed through this wire, which direction…
Capacitors, like all electrical components, have limitations that must…
Because octal and hexadecimal numeration systems have bases that are…
There are two basic Ohm’s Law equations: one relating voltage,…
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.