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With BogusBus, our signals were very simple and straightforward: each…
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This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…
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One of the more fascinating applications of electricity is in the…
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(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…
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This calculator allows you to solve for any of the six variables in the Friis formula for RF transmission: transmitter power, transmitter gain, receiver power, receiver gain, frequency, or distance.
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What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…
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A waveguide is a special form of transmission line consisting of a…
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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
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Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…
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Normally, the rotor windings of a wound rotor induction motor are…
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A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…
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In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…
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A calculator for computing the inductance of a coaxial cable.
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Before we begin to explore the effects of resistors, inductors, and…
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A tool designed to calculate the noise figure of cascaded amplifiers
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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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Varicap or varactor diodes A variable capacitance diode is known as a…
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In the last section, we saw how the 3rd harmonic and all of its…
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Centuries ago, it was discovered that certain types of mineral rock…
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Computerized Fourier analysis, particularly in the form of the FFT…
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This calculator determines the wavelength of a signal given the frequency and dielectric constant.
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Introduction Whenever an electric voltage exists between two separated…
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The discovery of the relationship between magnetism and electricity…
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In DC and low-frequency AC circuits, the characteristic impedance of…
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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
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Research the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) guidelines on…
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This calculator calculates the free space loss, given the distance, frequency, and gain, between two antennas.
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The Bel is Used to Represent Gain In its simplest form, an…
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When lightning strikes, nearby magnetic compass needles may be seen to…
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In our study of AC circuits thus far, we’ve explored circuits…
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At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
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As we’ve already learned, electricity requires a complete path…
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The Voltage Gain Because amplifiers have the ability to increase the…
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The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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A tool designed to convert RF power from watts to decibels and vice versa
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Suppose we wanted to build a device that could add two binary bits…
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This calculator shows the peak-to-peak voltage (VP-P) value from the peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.
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A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
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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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This calculator determines the resistance of a microstrip trace
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a battery-operated circuit with a light and learn about open and short circuit failures.
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The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is called…
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Just like voltmeters, ammeters tend to influence the amount of current…
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SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…
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This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a T-pad attenuator.
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