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Wheatstone Bridge Calculator

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This calculator helps determine the resistance of a variable resistor within a Wheatstone bridge circuit or the differential voltage created across the bridge terminals.

Parallel Resistor Calculator

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Calculate the equivalent resistance of up to six resistors in parallel with ease while learning how to calculate resistance in parallel and the parallel resistance formula.

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

IGFET Quirks

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The Common-base Amplifier

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The final transistor amplifier configuration (Figure below) we need to…

Safe Meter Usage

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

IC Fabrication and Packaging

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What does it mean if an integrated circuit comes in DIP form? What…

Impedance Transformation

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Standing waves at the resonant frequency points of an open- or…

Capacitors and Calculus

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Capacitors do not have a stable “resistance” as conductors…

Calculating Power Factor

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

Metric Prefixes and Unit Conversions

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Metric Prefixes   Yotta = 1024 Symbol: Y Zetta = 1021 Symbol: Z…

Gas Discharge Tubes

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If you’ve ever witnessed a lightning storm, you’ve seen…

Systems of Numeration

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Roman Numerals The Romans devised a system that was a substantial…

Stepper Motor Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate the maximum speed, minimum time per step and maximum power of a stepper motor

History of SPICE

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SPICE is a computer program designed to simulate analog electronic…

Stripline Crosstalk Calculator

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This tool is designed to calculate cross-talk coefficient and coupled voltage for a stripline

Negative Feedback OpAmp Circuits

Worksheets - Wearables

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

The TRIAC

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SCRs are unidirectional (one-way) current devices, making them useful…

“Ladder” Diagrams

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Ladder diagrams are specialized schematics commonly used to document…

Class B BJT Amplifiers

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

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.

Peak to Peak Voltage Calculator (VP-P)

Tools

This calculator shows the peak-to-peak voltage (VP-P) value from the peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.

Binary Subtraction

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We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…

Non-Inverting Op-Amp Resistor Calculator

Tools

This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for a non-inverting Op-Amp

Other Waveshapes

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As strange as it may seem, any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform is…

Ohm’s Law

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

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.

Slope (integrating) ADC

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

Basic Electricity Worksheet

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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?

The Shockley Diode

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Our exploration of thyristors begins with a device called the…

Waveguide Calculator (Circular)

Tools

This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a circular waveguide

Switches, Process Actuated

Textbook

It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…

Optical Data Communication

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A modern alternative to sending (binary) digital information via…

AC Lab - Noise Cancellation

Textbook

In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an AC voltage source connected to speakers to learn about sound waves and the foundational principle used in noise cancelling headphones.

TTL NOR and OR gates

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TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…

Oscillator Circuits

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Phase shift oscillator. R1C1, R2C2, and R3C3 each provide 60° of…

Microwave Tubes

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

JFET Amplifiers

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

Karnaugh Maps, Truth Tables, and Boolean Expressions

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Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…

The Common-drain Amplifier (IGFET)

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The “Operational” Amplifier

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Long before the advent of digital electronic technology, computers…

AC Waveforms

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When an alternator produces AC voltage, the voltage switches polarity…