Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a pulse-width modulator power controller for a light and learn the basics of PWM signals.
Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…
As we saw with DC measurement circuits, the circuit configuration…
In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure resistance using the ohmmeter function.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Let’s connect three AC voltage sources in series and use complex…
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.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
At the beginning of this chapter, it illustrates how transistors could…
To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a half-wave rectifier circuit using a silicon diode and learn about the differences between permanent magnet motor operation on AC vs. DC power.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an automotive alternator to generate three-phase AC voltage and learn how alternators can function as both generators and motors.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
When an alternator produces AC voltage, the voltage switches polarity…
Bipolar transistors are constructed of a three-layer semiconductor…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a thermocouple to measure temperature changes and learn about the Seebeck effect.
Identify some of the different types of capacitors, and their…
A peak detector is a series connection of a diode and a…
A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…
Radio waves are comprised of oscillating electric and magnetic fields,…
Seeing as how a common meter movement can be made to function as a…
If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…
Determine the output voltage polarity of this op-amp (with reference…
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.
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.
Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…
What is a harmonic frequency? If an oscillator circuit outputs a…
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
In electric circuits, the three basic quantities are voltage (E or V),…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a monostable multivibrator using a 555 timer IC and learn about RC time constant charging and how a one-shot timer operates.
Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
The Maximum Power Transfer Theorem is not so much a means of analysis…
Define the following metrological terms: • Uncertainty • Accuracy…
The Programmable Logic Controller, or PLC, was invented in the late…
Just like voltmeters, ammeters tend to influence the amount of current…
A peak detector is a series connection of a diode and a…
Periodic table of chemical elements.
Add the following binary numbers:
Suppose a 12 volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 20…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Class B push-pull audio amplifier to drive a speaker and learn about crossover distortion and how to minimize it using negative feedback.
A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…
While the binary numeration system is an interesting mathematical…
This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an embedded microstrip.
Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…
Current Source It is possible through the use of electronic amplifiers…
Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…
Typically, complex circuits are not arranged in nice, neat, clean…
