Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Radio waves are comprised of oscillating electric and magnetic fields,…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
What hazards might be posed by a circuit with excessive current going…
Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…
Explain the principle of operation for the particular integrated…
Suppose I were about to measure an unknown voltage with a manual-range…
As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…
∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…
PARTS AND MATERIALS One NPN transistor—models 2N2222 or 2N3403…
The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
What will this voltmeter register when connected to a battery as shown…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Sensitive meter movement (Radio Shack catalog #…
If a strip of conductive metal is stretched, it will become skinnier…
In order to build the circuits described in this volume, you will need…
Programming a circuit simulation with SPICE is much like programming…
If a strip of conductive metal is stretched, it will become skinnier…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Show how this ammeter would be connected to the light bulb circuit to…
In electric circuits, the three basic quantities are voltage (E or V),…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
Let’s connect three AC voltage sources in series and use complex…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
It used to be with large AC power systems that “power…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
When the need arises to correct for poor power factor in an AC power…
Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…
How much voltage is there between the following pairs of points in…
PARTS AND MATERIALS 4511 BCD-to-7seg latch/decoder/driver (Radio…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Calculator (or pencil and paper for doing…
Power in an electric circuit is the product (multiplication) of…
What hazards might be posed by a circuit with excessive current going…
At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
What, exactly, is an arbitrary waveform generator, and for what…
What does the acronym RF stand form, in reference to radio-related…
The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…
This tool is designed to compute for the trace width of a microstrip
As an example of using several circuits together, we are going to make…
Capacitors, like all electrical components, have limitations that must…
A high-pass filter’s task is just the opposite of a low-pass…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
If you’ve used DOS or UNIX operating systems before in a…
Things start to get complicated when we need to relate two or more AC…
When first approaching a failed or otherwise misbehaving system, the…
Provide a definition for phasor, as the term applies to electrical…
Power Equation of Ohm’s Law and Joule’s Law …
Boolean algebra finds its most practical use in the simplification of…
A calculator for computing several parameters needed in the design of a flyback switch mode regulator
PARTS AND MATERIALS 4017 decade counter/divider (Radio Shack catalog…
Like its bipolar cousin, the field-effect transistor may be used as an…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two 6 volt batteries One capacitor, 470 µF…
This calculator computes the resonant frequency of a tank circuit
Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
