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.
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To build the DIY electronics projects described in this textbook, you will need a small work area, a few tools, and some basic electronics supplies. This page describes the setup of a low-cost home electronics laboratory.
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What hazards might be posed by a circuit with excessive current going…
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Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…
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Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
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Determine if the light bulb will de-energize for each of the following…
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Note the “50 ohm” rating printed on the jacket of the cable. What…
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If we were to express the series-connected DC voltages as phasors…
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It used to be with large AC power systems that “power…
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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.
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Electromechanical relays used to start and stop high-power electric…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…
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Ammeters Measure Electrical Current A meter designed to measure…
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After applying some of the general troubleshooting tips to narrow the…
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Over the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…
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Define the following metrological terms: • Uncertainty • Accuracy…
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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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In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…
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Let’s connect three AC voltage sources in series and use complex…
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In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…
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The basic application of Ohm’s law to combinations of series and…
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Radio waves are comprised of oscillating electric and magnetic fields,…
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Wire-by-Number project: simple voltage divider Description: Build a…
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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
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Suppose we wished to measure the resistance of some component located…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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To build the DIY electronics projects described in this textbook, you will need a small work area, a few tools, and some basic electronics supplies. This page describes the setup of a low-cost home electronics laboratory.
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An important electrical quantity with no equivalent in DC circuits is…
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An oscilloscope is a very useful piece of electronic test equipment.…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…
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You might have been wondering how charges can continuously flow in a…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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Because it takes energy to force charge to flow against the opposition…
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The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…
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As an example of using several circuits together, we are going to make…
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A helpful tool for calculating the impedance of a coaxial cable.
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While the C-B (common-base) amplifier is known for wider bandwidth…
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In mathematics, an identity is a statement true for all possible…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a red LED flasher and learn a useful application of the versatile 555 timer IC.
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
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This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.
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Point-to-Point Connecting two digital devices with a network, would…
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Resistors vs. Inductors Inductors do not behave the same way as…
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Serial-in, serial-out shift registers delay data by one clock time for…
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Identify which direction each potentiometer wiper must move in this…
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Current Source It is possible through the use of electronic amplifiers…
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