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Inverting and Noninverting OpAmp Voltage Amplifier Circuits

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AC Waveforms

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Radio waves are comprised of oscillating electric and magnetic fields,…

Design Project: Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) Signal Generator

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What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…

Junction field-effect transistors (JFET)

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Potentiometers

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Performance-Based Assessments for Basic Electricity Competencies

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Calculus for Electric Circuits

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

DC Lab - Potentiometric Voltmeter

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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.

Intro Lab - How to Use an Ohmmeter to Measure Resistance

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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure resistance using the ohmmeter function.

Multimeters

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

TTL Logic Gates

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

Counters

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AC Lab - Sensitive Voltage Detector with Audio Output

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will construct a voltage detector with adjustable sensitivity and audio output, and you will learn a method for detecting small electrical signals without an oscilloscope.

JFET Amplifiers

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Mixed-Frequency Signals

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

Rectifying Diodes

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Multiplexers and Demultiplexers

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Time Constant Circuits

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Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Oscilloscope Trigger Controls

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

Basic Operational Amplifiers

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

Open-Loop OpAmp Circuits

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

AC Network Analysis

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Design Project: Simple Component Curve-Tracer Circuit

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What do each of the oscilloscope axes represent, in real-life terms…

DC Motor Theory

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

Servo Motor Systems

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

Analysis Techniques for Series Parallel Resistor Circuits

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Guidelines to Series-Parallel Combination Circuit Analysis The goal of…

Wattmeter Design

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Power in an electric circuit is the product (multiplication) of…

Zener Diodes

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Voltage/Current Converter OpAmp Circuits

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Time Constant Circuits

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Capacitors

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Identify some of the different types of capacitors, and their…

Calculating Power Factor

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

Flip-Flop Circuits

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Fundamentals of SPICE programming

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Programming a circuit simulation with SPICE is much like programming…

Safe Meter Usage

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Using an electrical meter safely and efficiently is perhaps the most…

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.

Regulated Power Sources

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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.

pH Measurement

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A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…

Binary Count Sequence

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If we examine a four-bit binary count sequence from 0000 to 1111, a…

AC Lab - Automotive Alternator as AC Generator

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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.

DC Mesh Current Analysis

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Binary Math

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

Tube Lab - Vacuum Tube Audio Amplifier

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an audio amplifier using a vacuum tube (triode) and learn about voltage transformers, how to build a high-voltage DC power supply, and how to use a transformer for impedance matching.

SPICE Simulation of Series and Parallel Circuits

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Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…

Contributors (2)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

555 Lab - Advanced Red LED Flasher

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a red LED flasher with a transistor drive to control the current and learn how to use transistors to provide current gain and how to limit LED current.

Magnetic Fields and Inductance

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Whenever electrons flow through a conductor, a magnetic field will…

Time-Delay Electromechanical Relays

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What does the normal status of an electrical switch refer to?…

Skin Depth Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate skin depth based on the conductive material being used and the frequency of the signal.

Digital Lab - S-R Flip-flop Using NAND Gates

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an edge-triggered S-R flip-flop, learn the difference between a latch and a flip-flop, and experience how a switch bounce can cause logic errors.

Arithmetic Properties

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Associative Property In addition and multiplication, terms may be…

Practical Considerations - Transformers

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Power Capacity As has already been observed, transformers must be well…

Building Series-Parallel Resistor Circuits

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Once again, when building battery/resistor circuits, the student or…

AC Lab - Sensing AC Electric Fields

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will sense AC electric fields using the sensitive voltage detector and learn about capacitive coupling, EMI, and shielding techniques.

DC Metrology

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Define the following metrological terms: • Uncertainty • Accuracy…

Scientific Notation

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In many disciplines of science and engineering, very large and very…

555 Lab - LED Flasher with Inductive Flyback

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a multiple LED flasher and learn how to use inductive flyback to generate a voltage pulse that is greater than the supply voltage.

Class A BJT Amplifiers

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