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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Determine if the light bulb will de-energize for each of the following…
In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure resistance using the ohmmeter function.
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.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a resistive voltage divider and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's voltage law (KVL) function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.
So far we know that AC voltage alternates in polarity and AC current…
Note the “50 ohm” rating printed on the jacket of the cable. What…
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Electromechanical relays used to start and stop high-power electric…
Just like voltmeters, ammeters tend to influence the amount of current…
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Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…
Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…
In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of current (4…
If the burden of two systems of measurement for common quantities…
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In simple AC power systems, one of the two conductors is typically…
Over the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…
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.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a thermocouple to measure temperature changes and learn about the Seebeck effect.
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Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Let’s connect three AC voltage sources in series and use complex…
The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
Solve this equation for the value of x: x + 5 = 8 How many exact…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure resistance using the ohmmeter function.
Suppose we wished to measure the resistance of some component located…
An unbalanced Wheatstone bridge cannot be solved using simple series…
What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…
An important electrical quantity with no equivalent in DC circuits is…
The jobs of electronics engineers and technicians frequently entail…
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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.
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.
There are circumstances when you may need to analyze a DC reactive…
A switch is an electrical component that can “make” or…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use an LED as a light-sensitive photodetector and learn how to use a bipolar transistor in a common-emitter amplifier configuration.
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.
Seeing as how a common meter movement can be made to function as a…
“I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum…
Over the course of the next few chapters, you will learn that AC…
This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a broadside coupled trace.
You might have been wondering how charges can continuously flow in a…
Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
Passive Devices Components incapable of controlling current by means…
“Garbage in, garbage out.” —Anonymous SPICE is a…
A wound rotor induction motor has a stator like a squirrel cage…
The choice of step-down transformers to use in a project such as this…
Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…
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.
Like bipolar transistors, SCRs and TRIACs are also manufactured as…
This calculator gives the reactance and admittance of an inductor or the inductance given the reactance of an inductor
With the notable exception of calculations for power (P), all AC…
