This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…
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(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…
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A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…
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The Skin Depth of Copper in Electrical Engineering As previously…
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The Maximum Power Transfer Theorem is not so much a means of analysis…
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What does the acronym RF stand form, in reference to radio-related…
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In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…
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What is a harmonic frequency? If an oscillator circuit outputs a…
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One of the more fascinating applications of electricity is in the…
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Varicap or varactor diodes A variable capacitance diode is known as a…
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Research the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) guidelines on…
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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
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Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…
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In order to work with complex numbers without drawing vectors, we…
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A calculator for solving the capacitance, reactance, and admittance of a capacitor.
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While Oersted’s surprising discovery of electromagnetism paved…
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The Skin Depth of Copper in Electrical Engineering As previously…
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A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna
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A tool designed to calculate skin depth based on the conductive material being used and the frequency of the signal.
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This tool is designed to convert power ratios to decibel
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Centuries ago, it was discovered that certain types of mineral rock…
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This calculator computes the resonant frequency of a parallel inductor and capacitor "tank" circuit.
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Has the system ever worked before? If yes, has anything happened to…
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Before we begin to explore the effects of resistors, inductors, and…
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In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…
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What is a harmonic frequency? If an oscillator circuit outputs a…
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So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…
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A high-pass filter’s task is just the opposite of a low-pass…
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It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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The Q, or quality, factor of a resonant circuit is a measure of the…
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How to Create a Band-stop Filter? Also called band-elimination,…
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In the last section, we saw how the 3rd harmonic and all of its…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use an LED as a light-sensitive photodetector and learn how to use a bipolar transistor in a common-emitter amplifier configuration.
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Let’s begin with a semiconductor gate circuit in need of…
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The node voltage method of DC network analysis solves for unknown…
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The logic simplification examples that we have done so far could have…
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All About Contactors When a relay is used to switch a large amount of…
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The Law of Sines (for any triangle) The Law of Cosines (for any…
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Solve this equation for the value of x: x + 5 = 8 How many exact…
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Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
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Sometimes it is necessary to determine the length of time that a…
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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure resistance using the ohmmeter function.
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If we were to express the series-connected DC voltages as phasors…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a 12 V alternating current (AC) power supply using a step-down transformer and learn about transformer operation and the purpose of tapped windings.
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There are many different types of power sources, and here some of the…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an AC voltage source connected to speakers to learn about sound waves and the foundational principle used in noise cancelling headphones.
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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for an inverting op-amp.
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The basic application of Ohm’s law to combinations of series and…
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One of the more advanced ADC technologies is the so-called…
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In the beam power tube, the basic four-element structure of the…
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Behaviors of Inductors wrapped around a Conductive Core Suppose we…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will perform a 4-wire Kelvin resistance measurement and learn how to accurately measure resistance.
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