Standing waves at the resonant frequency points of an open- or…
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A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna
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When an alternator produces AC voltage, the voltage switches polarity…
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It is sometimes desirable to have circuits capable of selectively…
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This calculator determines the total path loss provided by an RF n-way power splitter.
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This calculator will convert voltage or power gains into decibels. Enter one of the three values and the calculator will output the other two.
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At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
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A Link Budget puts into account all gains and losses a signal goes through in a system as it is transmitted. The calculator calculates the power of the received signal given amplifier and antenna gains, and medium loss.
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How to Create Band-pass Filter There are applications where a…
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Computerized Fourier analysis, particularly in the form of the FFT…
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A peak detector is a series connection of a diode and a…
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This calculator computes the noise figure and noise temperature in a system
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This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a circular waveguide
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Instrumentation is a field of study and work centering on measurement…
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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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This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a bridged-tee attenuator.
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A tool designed to calculate the noise figure of cascaded amplifiers
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Before we begin to explore the effects of resistors, inductors, and…
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Centuries ago, it was discovered that certain types of mineral rock…
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This balanced attenuator calculator helps you determine the resistor (R1) values for a balanced attenuator.
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Resonance in a Tank Circuit A condition of resonance will be…
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A meter is any device built to accurately detect and display an…
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Boolean algebra finds its most practical use in the simplification of…
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A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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This calculator determines the wavelength of a signal given the frequency and dielectric constant.
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Identify which direction each potentiometer wiper must move in this…
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A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…
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OK, so how exactly can we represent AC quantities of voltage or…
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A popular use of diodes is for the mitigation of inductive…
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Knowing how to generate Gray code should allow us to build larger…
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You might have noticed on the table for specific resistances that all…
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A high-pass filter’s task is just the opposite of a low-pass…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a high-impedance voltmeter and learn about circuit loading and how to use op amps to reduce loading effects.
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Determine if the light bulb will de-energize for each of the following…
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In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test mixed-signal analog and digital circuits using the versatile 555 timer IC. These projects will teach you about RC time constants, duty cycle, transistor current drive, LEDs, voltage doublers, and more.
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
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Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…
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AC electromechanical meter movements come in two basic arrangements:…
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“The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of…
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If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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What will this voltmeter register when connected to a battery as shown…
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A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…
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With BogusBus, our signals were very simple and straightforward: each…
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Radio waves are comprised of oscillating electric and magnetic fields,…
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All About Contactors When a relay is used to switch a large amount of…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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Passive Devices Components incapable of controlling current by means…
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We know that the current in a series circuit may be calculated with…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an electromagnet and learn about electromagnetism including the relationship of magnetic polarity to current flow.
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“I consider that I understand an equation when I can predict the…
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In order to work with complex numbers without drawing vectors, we…
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So far, we’ve been analyzing single-battery, single-resistor…
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Solve this equation for the value of x: x + 5 = 8 How many exact…
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Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…
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A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…
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A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…
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Though mechanical ohmmeter (resistance meter) designs are rarely used…
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