Open-Loop OpAmp Circuits

Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…

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Thevenin’s, Norton’s, and Maximum Power Transfer Theorems

Suppose a 12 volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 20…

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Performance-Based Assessments for Analog Integrated Circuit Competencies

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Bipolar Junction Transistors in Active Mode

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Potentiometers

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Performance-Based Assessments for AC Circuit Competencies

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Series DC Circuits Practice Worksheet with Answers

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

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Intro Lab - Ohm’s Law

Project Overview This project employs all of the skills…

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High Voltage Ohmmeters

Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…

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What is a Meter?

A meter is any device built to accurately detect and display an…

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Simple Circuits

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

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Kelvin (4-wire) Resistance Measurement

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

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Multimeters

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

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AC Power

If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…

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Class A BJT Amplifiers

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Safe Meter Usage

Using an electrical meter safely and efficiently is perhaps the most…

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Basic Ohmmeter Use

Explain how an ohmmeter is able to measure the resistance of a…

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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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Overcurrent Protection

What hazards might be posed by a circuit with excessive current going…

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Voltmeter Design

Suppose I were about to measure an unknown voltage with a manual-range…

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Analog Lab - High-impedance Voltmeter

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.

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Basic Operational Amplifiers

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

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Performance-Based Assessments for Network Analysis Competencies

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Basic AC-DC Power Supplies

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Millman’s Theorem

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AC Network Analysis

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Troubleshooting Series and Parallel Circuits

The jobs of electronics engineers and technicians frequently entail…

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Basic Circuit Troubleshooting

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

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Peak Detector

A peak detector is a series connection of a diode and a…

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Si Lab - BJT Common-collector Voltage Follower

In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a voltage follower amplifier using a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) in common-collector configuration and learn about circuit ground and impedance transformations.

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Oscillator Circuits

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Intro Lab - How to Use an Ammeter to Measure Current

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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OpAmp Oscillator Circuits

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Active Loads in Amplifier Circuits

We know that the current in a series circuit may be calculated with…

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Autotransformers

How much voltage is there between the following pairs of points in…

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Special-purpose Batteries

Mercury Standard Cell Back in the early days of electrical measurement…

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DC Lab - Sensitive Voltage Detector With Audio Output

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will construct a voltage detector with adjustable sensitivity and audio output, and you will learn a method for detecting small electrical signals without an oscilloscope.

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DC Lab - Precision Potentiometer

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a precision potentiometer from three lower precision potentiometer and learn about voltage range compression and parameter interactions.

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Strain Gauges

If a strip of conductive metal is stretched, it will become skinnier…

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Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) theory

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Three-phase Y and Delta Configurations

Three-phase Wye(Y) Connection Initially, we explored the idea of…

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Trace Resistance Calculator

This calculator determines the resistance of a microstrip trace

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Timer Circuits

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Attenuators

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

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AC Lab - Variable Inductor

In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a variable conductor and learn the impact of a metal core placed inside an inductor coil has on the inductance.

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Permissive and Interlock Circuits

A practical application of switch and relay logic is in control…

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CMOS Logic Gates

Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…

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Potentiometers

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DC Bridge Circuits

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Design Project: Audio Tone Control

Suppose you were installing a high-power stereo system in your car,…

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Antenna Downtilt and Coverage Calculator

This calculator will determine the correct antenna downtilt angle given the heights of the antennas and distance between them.

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Superposition Theorem

The superposition theorem is one of those strokes of genius that takes…

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The Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) as a Switch

Bipolar junction transistors (Also known as BJTs) can be used as an…

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Non-Inverting Op-Amp Resistor Calculator

This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for a non-inverting Op-Amp

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Multiple-input Gates

The Use of Logic Gate Inverters and buffers exhaust the possibilities…

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Complex Vector Addition

If vectors with uncommon angles are added, their magnitudes (lengths)…

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Simple Circuits

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

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DC Lab - 4-wire Resistance Measurement

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will perform a 4-wire Kelvin resistance measurement and learn how to accurately measure resistance.

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Practical Power Factor Correction

When the need arises to correct for poor power factor in an AC power…

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Temperature Converter

Convert between Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin

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