Performance-Based Assessments for AC Circuit Competencies

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DC Lab - Parallel Batteries

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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Series and Parallel AC Circuits

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Basic Ammeter Use

Show how this ammeter would be connected to the light bulb circuit to…

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Rectifying Diodes

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Ohmmeter Design

Though mechanical ohmmeter (resistance meter) designs are rarely used…

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Potentiometers

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Junction field-effect transistors (JFET)

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Class A BJT Amplifiers

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Ammeter Impact on Measured Circuit

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

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DC Lab - Voltage Divider

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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Superposition Theorem

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Performance-Based Assessments for Analog Integrated Circuit Competencies

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DC Bridge Circuits

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DC Lab - Current Divider

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.

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Simple Circuits

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

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Si Lab - A Simple BJT Current Mirror Circuit

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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Time Constant Circuits

Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…

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Basic Voltmeter Use

What will this voltmeter register when connected to a battery as shown…

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Measurements of AC Magnitude

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

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Optoelectronic Devices

In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…

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Capacitors

Identify some of the different types of capacitors, and their…

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Magnetic Units of Measurement

In electric circuits, the three basic quantities are voltage (E or V),…

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Nonlinear OpAmp Circuits

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Intro Lab - How to Use an Ohmmeter to Measure Resistance

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

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Ammeter Design

What would happen to this meter movement, if connected directly to a…

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Linear Computational Circuitry

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Design Project: Audio Media-Based Signal Generator

Identify some different ways you can create the sine-wave audio tracks…

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Specific Troubleshooting Techniques

After applying some of the general troubleshooting tips to narrow the…

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Meter Check of a Diode

The Functionality of Diode Polarity Being able to determine the…

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DC Mesh Current Analysis

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DC Lab - Build Your Own Multimeter

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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Voltmeter Design

As was stated earlier, most meter movements are sensitive devices.…

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Edge-triggered Latches: Flip-Flops

So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…

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Digital Lab - 7-segment LED Display

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.

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Ohm’s Law - How Voltage, Current, and Resistance Relate

The first, and perhaps most important, relationship between current,…

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Basic Oscilloscope Operation

An oscilloscope is a very useful piece of electronic test equipment.…

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Basic Operational Amplifiers

Determine the output voltage polarity of this op-amp (with reference…

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Intro Lab - Resistor Power Dissipation

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.

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Power Measurement

Power measurement in AC circuits can be quite a bit more complex than…

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Parallel DC Circuits Practice Worksheet With Answers

In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of voltage…

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AC Lab - Using a Transformer to Build a 12 VAC Power Supply

In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a 12 V alternating current (AC) power supply using a step-down transformer and learn about transformer operation and the purpose of tapped windings.

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Design Project: Event Counter

If your event sensing switch is mechanical in nature, you will likely…

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Electron Activity in Chemical Reactions

So far in our discussions on electricity and electric circuits, we…

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Attenuators

What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…

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Kirchhoff’s Current Law (KCL)

What Is Kirchhoff’s Current Law? Kirchhoff’s Current Law,…

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The Common-source Amplifier (JFET)

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Active-mode Operation (IGFET)

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Simple Vector Addition

Remember that vectors are mathematical objects just like numbers on a…

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Voltage Divider Circuits

Let’s analyze a simple series circuit and determine the voltage…

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Ideal Diode Current and Voltage Calculator

This calculator solves for any single missing value in the ideal diode I-V equation for a forward-biased PN-junction diode. Parameters are current, saturation current, voltage, temperature, and ideality factor.

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Analog Lab - 555 Ramp Signal Generator

In this hands-on electronics experiment, construct a signal generator circuit that creates two different types of ramp signals and learn how capacitors charge when connected to resistors and constant current sources.

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Oscilloscope Trigger Controls

A very useful tool for observing rotating objects is a strobe light.…

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Voltage Divider Circuits

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Emergency Response

Despite lock-out/tag-out procedures and multiple repetitions of…

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Larger 5 & 6-variable Karnaugh Maps

Larger Karnaugh maps reduce larger logic designs. How large is large…

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Memory Devices

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Precise Diode Circuits

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Meter Check of a Transistor (JFET)

Testing a JFET with a multimeter might seem to be a relatively easy…

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Digital Ramp ADC

Also known as the stairstep-ramp, or simply counter A/D converter,…

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