Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…
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Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
In simple AC power systems, one of the two conductors is typically…
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.
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As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in series and learn the relationship between the individual battery voltages and the total series voltage.
∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
Just like voltmeters, ammeters tend to influence the amount of current…
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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So far we know that AC voltage alternates in polarity and AC current…
Seeing as how a common meter movement can be made to function as a…
What will this voltmeter register when connected to a battery as shown…
Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…
Ammeters Measure Electrical Current A meter designed to measure…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will perform a 4-wire Kelvin resistance measurement and learn how to accurately measure resistance.
How is it possible to assign a fixed value of voltage or current (such…
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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.
Guidelines to Series-Parallel Combination Circuit Analysis The goal of…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a null-balancing potentiometric voltmeter and learn how to prevent a voltmeter from changing the voltage it is measuring.
If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…
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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
In electric circuits, the three basic quantities are voltage (E or V),…
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Computerized Fourier analysis, particularly in the form of the FFT…
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As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…
A meter is any device built to accurately detect and display an…
It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…
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Although transistor switching circuits operate without bias, it is…
This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a wire-over-plane setup.
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Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…
One of the more advanced ADC technologies is the so-called…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a high-impedance voltmeter and learn about circuit loading and how to use op amps to reduce loading effects.
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
Another type of mathematical identity, called a “property”…
When plotted on a curve tracer, the characteristic curve for a normal…
The Use of Logic Gate Inverters and buffers exhaust the possibilities…
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What factors determine where potentiometers Rpot1 and Rpot2 must be…
Show how this ammeter would be connected to the light bulb circuit to…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
Resistors vs. Inductors Inductors do not behave the same way as…
If your event sensing switch is mechanical in nature, you will likely…
