Just like voltmeters, ammeters tend to influence the amount of current…
Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
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Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of current (4…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple current mirror using matched bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about current mirror circuit limitations, the temperature dependence of BJTs, and thermal runaway.
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Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…
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As we saw with DC measurement circuits, the circuit configuration…
Suppose I were about to measure an unknown voltage with a manual-range…
Suppose a 12 volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 20…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple voltmeter and ammeter while learning some fundamentals about circuit measurements.
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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.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will perform a 4-wire Kelvin resistance measurement and learn how to accurately measure resistance.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in parallel to power a light and learn the relationship between the individual battery currents and the total system current.
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It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…
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If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…
Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
Bipolar transistors are constructed of a three-layer semiconductor…
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In power distribution systems, it is very important to be able to…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an automotive alternator to generate three-phase AC voltage and learn how alternators can function as both generators and motors.
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a half-wave rectifier circuit using a silicon diode and learn about the differences between permanent magnet motor operation on AC vs. DC power.
If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…
Using an electrical meter safely and efficiently is perhaps the most…
Show how this ammeter would be connected to the light bulb circuit to…
Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
We know that the current in a series circuit may be calculated with…
Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
Just like voltmeters, ammeters tend to influence the amount of current…
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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.
If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…
What is an Encoder? An encoder is a circuit that changes a set of…
No text on electrical metering could be called complete without a…
One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…
This calculator determines the wavelength of a signal given the frequency and dielectric constant.
This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a rectangle loop.
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
Since Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorems are two…
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If we take three equal resistors and connect one end of each to a…
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The voltage divider is a circuit used to create a voltage less than or equal to the input voltage.
Because the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in…
Testing a JFET with a multimeter might seem to be a relatively easy…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build an astable multivibrator (oscillator) circuit that provides an output in the audio frequency range and learn the effect of component values and supply voltage on oscillation frequency.
Now we can proceed to studying specific types of digital storage…
What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…
This calculator calculates the resistivity of a component based on its resistance value, length, and cross-sectional area.
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