In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…
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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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What do each of the oscilloscope axes represent, in real-life terms…
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If we were to express the series-connected DC voltages as phasors…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use a PC-based oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn basic oscilloscope operation.
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Suppose I were about to measure an unknown voltage with a manual-range…
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So far we know that AC voltage alternates in polarity and AC current…
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In power distribution systems, it is very important to be able to…
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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure voltage using the voltmeter function.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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If a strip of conductive metal is stretched, it will become skinnier…
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Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…
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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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It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…
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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.
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What hazards might be posed by a circuit with excessive current going…
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In power distribution systems, it is very important to be able to…
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An important electrical quantity with no equivalent in DC circuits is…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will compare the resistance of a lamp filament in its on and off states and learn about nonlinear resistances by applying Ohm's law.
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An oscilloscope is a very useful piece of electronic test equipment.…
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In simple AC power systems, one of the two conductors is typically…
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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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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a battery-operated circuit with a light and learn about open and short circuit failures.
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Though mechanical ohmmeter (resistance meter) designs are rarely used…
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So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…
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It used to be with large AC power systems that “power…
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The first, and perhaps most important, relationship between current,…
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If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
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The armature windings of your DC motor will have very low resistance.…
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Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple RC circuit that demonstrates phase shift and learn how out-of-phase AC voltages do not add algebraically.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an S-R latch with an enabled input using four NAND gates and learn more about digital circuit functionality.
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A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…
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If two coils of wire are brought into close proximity with each other…
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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
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A calculator for computing several parameters needed in the design of a flyback switch mode regulator
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It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use a PC-based oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn basic oscilloscope operation.
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Typically, complex circuits are not arranged in nice, neat, clean…
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A thyristor is a device that has a number of unusual characteristics.…
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So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) to switch an LED and learn about the current their amplification.
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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In simple AC power systems, one of the two conductors is typically…
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The R/2R DAC circuit is an alternative to the binary-weighted-input…
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