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Analog Lab - PWM Power Controller

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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.

Time Constant Circuits

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Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…

Time Constant Circuits

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Magnetic Units of Measurement

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In electric circuits, the three basic quantities are voltage (E or V),…

Power Quality Measurement

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It used to be with large AC power systems that “power…

Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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More on Spectrum Analysis

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Computerized Fourier analysis, particularly in the form of the FFT…

Performance-Based Assessments for AC Circuit Competencies

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Mixed-Frequency Signals

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What is a harmonic frequency? If an oscillator circuit outputs a…

Design Project: Signal Generator

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Explain the principle of operation for the particular integrated…

Square Wave Signals

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It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…

Edge-triggered Latches: Flip-Flops

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So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…

Ohm’s Law

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For a given amount of water pressure, which will flow a greater rate…

Thyristors

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Performance-Based Assessments for DC Circuit Competencies

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Si Lab - Half-wave Rectifier

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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.

Design Project: Voltmeter

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The most important component of your voltmeter will be the…

Active Filters

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AC Motor Control Circuits

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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

Flip-Flop Circuits

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Performance-Based Assessments for Basic Electricity Competencies

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More on AC “polarity”

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Complex numbers are useful for AC circuit analysis because they…

DC Lab - Voltage Divider

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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.

Input and Output Coupling

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To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…

DC Bridge Circuits

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DC Lab - Build Your Own Multimeter

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple voltmeter and ammeter while learning some fundamentals about circuit measurements.

DC Lab - Series Batteries

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in series and learn the relationship between the individual battery voltages and the total series voltage.

Design Project: Arbitrary Waveform Generator

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What, exactly, is an arbitrary waveform generator, and for what…

TTL Logic Gates

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

Safety Grounding

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In simple AC power systems, one of the two conductors is typically…

Class A BJT Amplifiers

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Hand Calculator Use

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To enter numbers in scientific notation into a hand calculator, there…

AC Negative Feedback OpAmp Circuits

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Microwave Tubes

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For extremely high-frequency applications (above 1 GHz), the…

Elementary Circuits

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In the simplest terms you can think of, define what an electrical…

MESFETs

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Shift Registers: Serial-in, Parallel-out (SIPO) Conversion

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A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…

Current Divider Circuits and the Current Divider Formula

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A parallel circuit is often called a current divider for its ability…

DC Lab - Rheostat Range Limiting

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use series and parallel resistor networks to precisely adjust the range and zero point of a rheostat.

Bridged-Tee Attenuator Calculator

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This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a bridged-tee attenuator.

Active Versus Passive Devices

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Passive Devices Components incapable of controlling current by means…

Simple Parallel (Tank Circuit) Resonance

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Resonance in a Tank Circuit A condition of resonance will be…

Performance-Based Assessments for Digital Circuit Competencies

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Digital Lab - 7-segment LED Display

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will control a 7-segment binary-coded decimal (BCD) display and learn about active-low and active-high logic inputs.

The Tetrode

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As the name suggests, the tetrode tube contains four elements: cathode…

The Junction Field-effect Transistor (JFET) as a Switch

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Like its bipolar cousin, the field-effect transistor may be used as an…

The D Latch

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Since the enable input on a gated S-R latch provides a way to latch…

Solving Series and Parallel Circuits With the Table Method and Ohm’s Law

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The table method provides a structured methodology for ensuring you…

Oscilloscope Trigger Controls

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A very useful tool for observing rotating objects is a strobe light.…

DC Branch Current Analysis

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Time Constant Equations

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Value of time constant in series RC and RL circuits   Time…