A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…
In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…
A tool designed to calculate the noise figure of cascaded amplifiers
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The Bel is Used to Represent Gain In its simplest form, an…
A peak detector is a series connection of a diode and a…
It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…
A transmission line of infinite length is an interesting abstraction,…
Before we begin to explore the effects of resistors, inductors, and…
It is sometimes said regarding electrical safety that, Ït’s not the…
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This calculator computes the power received by an antenna using Friis formula
Computerized Fourier analysis, particularly in the form of the FFT…
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
How to Create a Band-stop Filter? Also called band-elimination,…
Aside from the issues of the physical network (signal types and…
This calculator gives the reactance and admittance of an inductor or the inductance given the reactance of an inductor
An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
The Q, or quality, factor of a resonant circuit is a measure of the…
What will this voltmeter register when connected to a battery as shown…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an S-R latch with an enabled input using four NAND gates and learn more about digital circuit functionality.
Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…
Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
Over the course of the next few chapters, you will learn that AC…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will examine the heat generated by resistors and maybe even make one smoke! Also, learn to calculate power dissipation using Joule's law and resistor power ratings.
Of course, there is a danger of electrical shock when directly…
Cathode: This is the electrode that is heated and emits the…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
Roman Numerals The Romans devised a system that was a substantial…
Add the following binary numbers:
If we were to connect two inverter gates together so that the output…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
Diodes can perform switching and digital logic operations. Forward and…
A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…
Using the same value components in our series example circuit, we will…
A wound rotor induction motor has a stator like a squirrel cage…
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Because octal and hexadecimal numeration systems have bases that are…
Resonance in a Tank Circuit A condition of resonance will be…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an electromagnet and learn about electromagnetism including the relationship of magnetic polarity to current flow.
As an instructor of electronics, I am called upon frequently to help…
When capacitors are connected in series, the total capacitance is…
A wound rotor induction motor has a stator like a squirrel cage…
Generators used in battery-charging systems must be regulated so as to…
A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…
So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Schmitt trigger using a 555 timer and learn about hysteresis and the inner workings of the extremely versatile 555 timer IC.
If you’ve ever witnessed a lightning storm, you’ve seen…
Let’s analyze a simple series circuit and determine the voltage…
This calculator gives the reactance and admittance of an inductor or the inductance given the reactance of an inductor
The earliest forms of digital data storage involving moving parts was…
Seeing as how a common meter movement can be made to function as a…
Typically, complex circuits are not arranged in nice, neat, clean…
In an ideal case, an inductor acts as a purely reactive device. That…
A calculator for solving the maximum current a microstrip can handle.
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