As strange as it may seem, any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform is…
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One of the more fascinating applications of electricity is in the…
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A calculator designed to compute the VSWR, reflection coefficient, return loss and matching loss in a transmission line
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When an alternator produces AC voltage, the voltage switches polarity…
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Normally, the rotor windings of a wound rotor induction motor are…
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It is sometimes desirable to have circuits capable of selectively…
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This tool is designed to calculate the value of resistance R1 in a reflection attenuator.
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In order to work with complex numbers without drawing vectors, we…
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Decibel as Absolute Unit of Power It is also possible to use the…
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Instrumentation is a field of study and work centering on measurement…
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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
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This calculator will determine the correct antenna downtilt angle given the heights of the antennas and distance between them.
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Introduction Whenever an electric voltage exists between two separated…
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A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna
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There’s a sure way to calculate any of the values in a reactive…
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A calculator for solving the capacitance, reactance, and admittance of a capacitor.
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This calculator computes the inductance of a microstrip etched on a PCB.
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Whenever there is a mismatch of impedance between transmission line…
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In DC and low-frequency AC circuits, the characteristic impedance of…
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In the previous section, we explored what would happen in simple…
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Resonance in a Tank Circuit A condition of resonance will be…
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Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…
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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for a non-inverting Op-Amp
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Another strategy for addressing the problem of secondary electrons…
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A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…
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What does the normal status of an electrical switch refer to?…
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If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…
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Certain substances are known to physically deform (shorten or…
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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.
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The node voltage method of DC network analysis solves for unknown…
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The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…
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The most important component of your voltmeter will be the…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use series and parallel resistor networks to precisely adjust the range and zero point of a rheostat.
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This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a circular waveguide
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Research the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) guidelines on…
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Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…
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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for an inverting op-amp.
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Varicap or varactor diodes A variable capacitance diode is known as a…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple current mirror using matched bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about current mirror circuit limitations, the temperature dependence of BJTs, and thermal runaway.
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If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…
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To enter numbers in scientific notation into a hand calculator, there…
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Identify some of the different types of capacitors, and their…
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There are four basic factors of inductor construction determining the…
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Power Capacity As has already been observed, transformers must be well…
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If the output of a shift register is fed back to the input. a ring…
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“The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of…
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“All men are liable to error;” —John Locke Whereas…
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The concept and measurement units of resistance are most often used…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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Let’s take the same components for our series example circuit…
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Point-to-Point Connecting two digital devices with a network, would…
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Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…
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Radio waves are comprised of oscillating electric and magnetic fields,…
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