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Intro Lab - How to Use an Ammeter to Measure Current

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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.

Series-Parallel Combination AC Circuits

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

Basic Circuit Troubleshooting

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Determine if the light bulb will de-energize for each of the following…

Intro Lab - How to Use an Ohmmeter to Measure Resistance

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

DC Lab - Parallel Batteries

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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.

DC Lab - Voltage Divider

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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.

Measurements of AC Magnitude

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So far we know that AC voltage alternates in polarity and AC current…

Characteristic Impedance

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Note the “50 ohm” rating printed on the jacket of the cable. What…

AC Network Analysis

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Arc Flash and Arc Blast

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Electromechanical relays used to start and stop high-power electric…

Ammeter Impact on Measured Circuit

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Just like voltmeters, ammeters tend to influence the amount of current…

Bipolar Junction Transistors in Active Mode

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

Specific Resistance of Conductors

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

pH Measurement

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A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…

Performance-Based Assessments for Analog Integrated Circuit Competencies

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Simple Circuits

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Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…

Series DC Circuits Practice Worksheet with Answers

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In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of current (4…

Magnetic Units of Measurement

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If the burden of two systems of measurement for common quantities…

Performance-Based Assessments for AC Circuit Competencies

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Safety Grounding

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

Building Resistor Circuits Using Breadboards, Perfboards, and Terminal Strips

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Over the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…

DC Lab - Current Divider

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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.

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.

DC Mesh Current Analysis

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

Design Project: AC-DC Power Supply

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Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…

DC Branch Current Analysis

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

Some Examples with AC Circuits

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Let’s connect three AC voltage sources in series and use complex…

Resonance

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The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…

Simultaneous Equations for Circuit Analysis

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Solve this equation for the value of x: x + 5 = 8 How many exact…

Rectifier Circuits

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

Intro Lab - How to Use an Ohmmeter to Measure Resistance

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

Kelvin (4-wire) Resistance Measurement

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Suppose we wished to measure the resistance of some component located…

Solving Unbalanced Wheatstone Bridge Circuits Via Mesh Current Method

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An unbalanced Wheatstone bridge cannot be solved using simple series…

Basic Electricity Worksheet

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

Op-Amp Practical Considerations

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Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…

Frequency and Phase Measurement

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An important electrical quantity with no equivalent in DC circuits is…

Troubleshooting Series and Parallel Circuits

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The jobs of electronics engineers and technicians frequently entail…

Performance-Based Assessments for DC Circuit Competencies

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Intro Lab - How to Use an Ammeter to Measure Current

Textbook

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

Intro Lab - Resistor Power Dissipation

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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.

Complex Voltage and Current Calculations

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There are circumstances when you may need to analyze a DC reactive…

Switches, Hand Actuated

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A switch is an electrical component that can “make” or…

Si Lab - Light Sensor (LED Photodetector)

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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.

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.

Multimeters

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

Quantum Physics

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“I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum…

Simple AC Circuit Calculations

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Over the course of the next few chapters, you will learn that AC…

Broadside Coupled Trace Inductance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a broadside coupled trace.

What Are Electric Circuits?

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You might have been wondering how charges can continuously flow in a…

Karnaugh Mapping

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

Contributors (5)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Active Versus Passive Devices

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Passive Devices Components incapable of controlling current by means…

SPICE Quirks

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“Garbage in, garbage out.” —Anonymous SPICE is a…

Wound Rotor Induction Motors

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A wound rotor induction motor has a stator like a squirrel cage…

Design Project: Sensitive Audio Detector

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The choice of step-down transformers to use in a project such as this…

The Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR)

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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…

Si Lab - Differential Amplifier

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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.

Optothyristors

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Like bipolar transistors, SCRs and TRIACs are also manufactured as…

Inductance, Reactance, and Admittance Calculator

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This calculator gives the reactance and admittance of an inductor or the inductance given the reactance of an inductor

R, L and C Summary

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With the notable exception of calculations for power (P), all AC…