While Oersted’s surprising discovery of electromagnetism paved…
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So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…
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This calculates values of the inductance, capacitance of an inductor and capacitor used in a Butterworth LC bandpass filter.
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A calculator designed to compute the power-added efficiency (PAE) of an amplifier
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Research the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) guidelines on…
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Resonance in a Tank Circuit A condition of resonance will be…
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This tool calculates the dimensions of the microstrip patch antenna given the desired operating frequency.
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What is a harmonic frequency? If an oscillator circuit outputs a…
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This calculator gives the reactance and admittance of an inductor or the inductance given the reactance of an inductor
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Point-to-Point Connecting two digital devices with a network, would…
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The basic application of Ohm’s law to combinations of series and…
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In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…
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At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
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A calculator for solving the capacitance, reactance, and admittance of a capacitor.
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In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…
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Decibel as Absolute Unit of Power It is also possible to use the…
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A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna
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An important electrical quantity with no equivalent in DC circuits is…
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A modern alternative to sending (binary) digital information via…
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Quantum physics describes the states of electrons in an atom according…
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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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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test a 2-input digital NAND gate with LED indicators and learn to read pinout diagrams, power a digital IC, connect unused inputs and outputs, and use pulldown resistors.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Shown here is a simplified representation of an atom: the smallest…
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Thomas Edison, that prolific American inventor, is often credited with…
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Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, power a DC motor through a multi-conductor cable to learn how AC signals are coupled between conductors and how to mitigate noise coupling.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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As we saw earlier, a power system with no secure connection to earth…
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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
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In this motor control circuit, how would you ensure that there is no…
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SCRs are unidirectional (one-way) current devices, making them useful…
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This calculator determines the total path loss provided by an RF n-way power splitter.
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Power Capacity As has already been observed, transformers must be well…
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Using an example, learn about the different bias techniques for junction field effect transistors (JFETs) like the constant voltage bias, self-bias configuration, and voltage divider biasing.
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If we add a voltage divider to the negative feedback wiring so that…
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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
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Let us begin our exploration of Boolean algebra by adding numbers…
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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for a non-inverting Op-Amp
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The earliest forms of digital data storage involving moving parts was…
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So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…
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What do we do if we come across a circuit more complex than the simple…
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By definition, a low-pass filter is a circuit offering easy passage to…
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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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A permanent magnet is a device that retains a magnetic field without…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a 3-bit down counter using J-K flip-flops and learn about asynchronous counter functionality.
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Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A…
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An often neglected area of study in modern electronics is that of…
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Three-Phase Alternator Let’s take the three-phase alternator…
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SPICE is a computer program designed to simulate analog electronic…
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Arithmetic Sequences An arithmetic sequence is a series of numbers…
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It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…
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All About Contactors When a relay is used to switch a large amount of…
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The word battery simply means a group of similar components. In…
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This calculator calculates the RMS Voltage value from either the peak voltage, the peak-to-peak voltage, or the average voltage.
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This calculator will compute the required resistor ratio (R2/R1) and reference voltage (VREF) to create the desired high (VTH) and low (VTL) threshold voltages in a non-inverting comparator circuit with hysteresis (commonly called a Schmitt trigger).
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In this electrical circuit, trace the direction of current through the…
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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
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During the early development of telephone technology, a unit was…
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