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Open-Loop OpAmp Circuits

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Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…

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.

Clipper and Clamper Circuits

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Analog and Digital Signals

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Instrumentation is a field of study and work centering on measurement…

Rectifier Circuits

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Mixed-Frequency Signals

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

Slope (integrating) ADC

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So far, we’ve only been able to escape the sheer volume of…

Performance-Based Assessments for AC Circuit Competencies

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AC Power

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If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…

Design Project: Dual-output AC-DC Power Supply

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Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…

Basic Operational Amplifiers

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Determine the output voltage polarity of this op-amp (with reference…

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.

Counters

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Superposition Theorem

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Basic Troubleshooting Strategies

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A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…

Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Multimeters

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Seeing as how a common meter movement can be made to function as a…

Impedance

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Differential Transistor Amplifiers

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Calculus for Electric Circuits

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…

AC Motor Control Circuits

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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

Series and Parallel AC Circuits

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Characteristic Impedance

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Note the “50 ohm” rating printed on the jacket of the cable. What…

AC phase

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If we were to express the series-connected DC voltages as phasors…

Thyristors

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Instrumentation Amplifier Gain Calculator

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The instrumentation amplifier calculator will assist in the design and analysis of a conventional instrumentation amplifier circuit by calculating the required resistor values and gain.

Creating Custom Calibration Resistances

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Often in the course of designing and building electrical meter…

Decibel Measurements

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During the early development of telephone technology, a unit was…

DC Motor Theory

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If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…

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.

Basic Logic Gate Troubleshooting

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

Linear Computational Circuitry

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Phase-Locked Loops

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This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…

Kelvin (4-wire) Resistance Measurement

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Suppose we wished to measure the resistance of some component located…

DC Lab - Current Divider

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build resistive current dividers and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's current law function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.

Series DC Circuits Practice Worksheet with Answers

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In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of current (4…

Time Constant Circuits

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

Calculating Power Factor

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As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…

AC Metrology

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In power distribution systems, it is very important to be able to…

AC Lab - Musical Keyboard as a Signal Generator

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, an electronic musical keyboard will be used as a variable-frequency AC signal generator to learn the difference between AC amplitude and frequency.

555 Lab - Monostable Multivibrator (One-shot)

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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.

Strain Gauges

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If a strip of conductive metal is stretched, it will become skinnier…

Autotransformers

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How much voltage is there between the following pairs of points in…

Active Filters

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Vol V. Credits

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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

Meter Check of a Transistor (BJT)

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Bipolar transistors are constructed of a three-layer semiconductor…

Resonance

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The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…

Inductor Sizing Equation

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The Inductance Formula     Wheeler’s formulas for…

Inductors

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An inductor is a passive two-terminal electrical component that…

Voltmeter Design

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As was stated earlier, most meter movements are sensitive devices.…

RF Power Conversion Calculator

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A tool designed to convert RF power from watts to decibels and vice versa

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.

Safe Circuit Design

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As we saw earlier, a power system with no secure connection to earth…

Transistors, Bipolar

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There are not too many circuit symbols for bipolar transistors. There…

Servo Motor Systems

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Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…

AC Motor Theory

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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…

Magnetic Units of Measurement

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If the burden of two systems of measurement for common quantities…

R, L and C Summary

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With the notable exception of calculations for power (P), all AC…

Likely Failures in Proven Systems

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The following problems are arranged in order from most likely to least…

The Common-emitter Amplifier

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At the beginning of this chapter, it illustrates how transistors could…