Categories

Capacitive Reactance

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

Calculus for Electric Circuits

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

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

Design Project: Audio Media-Based Signal Generator

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

Identify some different ways you can create the sine-wave audio tracks…

BJT Amplifier Troubleshooting

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

As an instructor of electronics, I am called upon frequently to help…

AC Bridge Circuits

Textbook

As we saw with DC measurement circuits, the circuit configuration…

Basic Operational Amplifiers

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

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

Computational Circuits

Textbook

When someone mentions the word “computer,” a digital…

TTL Logic Gates

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

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

Performance-Based Assessments for AC Circuit Competencies

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

(Template)

Multimeters

Textbook

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

Op-Amp Practical Considerations

Textbook

Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…

AC Lab - Automotive Alternator as AC Generator

Textbook

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 Lab - Sensitive Voltage Detector With Audio Output

Textbook

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.

Mixed-Frequency Signals

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

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

Junction field-effect transistors (JFET)

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Design Project: Signal Generator

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

Explain the principle of operation for the particular integrated…

Analog and Digital Signals

Textbook

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

Impedance

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Bipolar Transistor Biasing Circuits

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Potentiometers

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Multiplexers and Demultiplexers

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

Class A BJT Amplifiers

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Display Tubes

Textbook

In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…

Digital Lab - 7-segment LED Display

Textbook

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.

DC Lab - 4-wire Resistance Measurement

Textbook

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will perform a 4-wire Kelvin resistance measurement and learn how to accurately measure resistance.

Flip-Flop Circuits

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) theory

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Special Diodes

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Mesh Current Method (Loop Current Method)

Textbook

This page provides a step-by-step introduction to using the mesh…

Analog and Digital Signals

Textbook

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

Decibel Measurements

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

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

Tachogenerators

Textbook

An electromechanical generator is a device capable of producing…

Performance-Based Assessments for Analog Integrated Circuit Competencies

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

Specific Troubleshooting Techniques

Textbook

After applying some of the general troubleshooting tips to narrow the…

Fundamentals of SPICE programming

Textbook

Programming a circuit simulation with SPICE is much like programming…

More on AC “polarity”

Textbook

Complex numbers are useful for AC circuit analysis because they…

Zener Diodes

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Voltage/Current Converter OpAmp Circuits

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

AC Lab - Sensitive Voltage Detector with Audio Output

Textbook

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.

The R/2nR DAC: Binary-Weighted-Input Digital-to-Analog Converter

Textbook

What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…

Switch Contact Design

Textbook

A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…

Simple Series Resonance

Textbook

A similar effect happens in series inductive/capacitive circuits. When…

High-pass Filters

Textbook

A high-pass filter’s task is just the opposite of a low-pass…

Parallel Circuits and the Application of Ohm’s Law

Textbook

In this introduction to parallel resistance circuits, we will explain…

Contact “Normal” State and Make/Break Sequence

Textbook

Any kind of switch contact can be designed so that the contacts…

Si Lab - Astable Multivibrator Audio Oscillator

Textbook

In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build an astable multivibrator (oscillator) circuit that provides an output in the audio frequency range and learn the effect of component values and supply voltage on oscillation frequency.

Design Project: Radio Transmitter

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

Research the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) guidelines on…

Kirchhoff’s Current Law (KCL)

Textbook

What Is Kirchhoff’s Current Law? Kirchhoff’s Current Law,…

Relay Construction

Textbook

Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…

AC Lab - Automotive Alternator as AC Generator

Textbook

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.

Circuit Components

Textbook

Remember that this tutorial is not exhaustive by any means, and that…

Boolean Rules for Simplification

Textbook

Boolean algebra finds its most practical use in the simplification of…

Ohm’s Law Practice Worksheet With Answers

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.

Rules for Antiderivatives

Textbook

Constant Rule     Rule of Sums     Rule of…

Diode Ratings

Textbook

In addition to forward voltage drop (Vf) and peak inverse voltage…

Simple Circuits

Worksheets - Waveform Generators

Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…

Contributors (11)

Textbook

Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Feedback

Textbook

If some percentage of an amplifier’s output signal is connected…

Diodes

Textbook

A diode is an electronics component made from a combination of a…