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Networks and Busses

Textbook

The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is  called…

AC Instrumentation Transducers

Textbook

Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…

Pulse Width Modulation

Textbook

Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…

Optical Data Communication

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A modern alternative to sending (binary) digital information via…

Design Project: Radio Transmitter

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Research the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) guidelines on…

Passive Filter Circuits

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In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…

Digital Communication

Worksheets - Transceivers

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

Mixed-Frequency Signals

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What is a harmonic frequency? If an oscillator circuit outputs a…

Electrical Signal Types

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With BogusBus, our signals were very simple and straightforward: each…

Special Transformers and Applications

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Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…

BJT Quirks

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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…

Practical considerations - Digital Communication

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A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

Radar Maximum Range Calculator

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This tool is designed to calculate the maximum distance (range) that a radar can detect

Phase-Locked Loops

Worksheets - Transceivers

This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…

Introduction to Digital Communication

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In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…

Signal Modulation

Worksheets - Transceivers

A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…

Noise Figure and Noise Temperature Calculator

Tools

This calculator computes the noise figure and noise temperature in a system

Design Project: Radio Transmitter

Worksheets - Transceivers

Research the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) guidelines on…

Practical considerations - Digital Communication

Textbook

A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

Waveguide Calculator (Rectangular)

Tools

This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a rectangular waveguide

Amplifier Gain

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The Voltage Gain Because amplifiers have the ability to increase the…

Optical Data Communication

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A modern alternative to sending (binary) digital information via…

Power Density Calculator

Tools

A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna

AC Waveforms

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When an alternator produces AC voltage, the voltage switches polarity…

Decibel Calculator

Tools

This calculator will convert voltage or power gains into decibels. Enter one of the three values and the calculator will output the other two.

Wavelength (TEM) Calculator

Tools

This calculator determines the wavelength of a signal given the frequency and dielectric constant.

Bandpass Filter Calculator

Tools

This calculates values of the inductance, capacitance of an inductor and capacitor used in a Butterworth LC bandpass filter.

Radio Circuits

Textbook

(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…

Finite-length Transmission Lines

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A transmission line of infinite length is an interesting abstraction,…

Coax Inductance Calculator

Tools

A calculator for computing the inductance of a coaxial cable.

Design Project: Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) Signal Generator

Worksheets - Transceivers

What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…

Skin Depth Calculator

Tools

A tool designed to calculate skin depth based on the conductive material being used and the frequency of the signal.

RF Power Ratio Conversion Calculator

Tools

This tool is designed to convert power ratios to decibel

LC Tank Circuit Resonance Calculator

Tools

This calculator computes the resonant frequency of a parallel inductor and capacitor "tank" circuit.

ElectroStatic Discharge

Textbook

At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…

Square Wave Signals

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It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…

Microwave Tubes

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For extremely high-frequency applications (above 1 GHz), the…

Digital Logic Functions

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We can construct a simple logic functions for our hypothetical lamp…

Active-mode Operation (IGFET)

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Vol I. Credits

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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

Si Lab - Differential Amplifier

Textbook

In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a BJT differential amplifier and learn about a fundamental building block that is the basis of most operational amplifiers.

Don’t Care Cells in the Karnaugh Map

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Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…

Factoring Equivalencies

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Factoring Identities :   a2 - b2 = (a + b) (a - b) a2 + 2ab + b2…

General Troubleshooting Tips

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When first approaching a failed or otherwise misbehaving system, the…

Brushless DC Motor

Textbook

Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…

Optothyristors

Textbook

Like bipolar transistors, SCRs and TRIACs are also manufactured as…

Class B BJT Amplifiers

Worksheets - Transceivers

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Flash ADC

Textbook

Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…

Parallel Resistor-Capacitor Circuits

Textbook

Using the same value components in our series example circuit, we will…

AC Inductor Circuits

Textbook

Resistors vs. Inductors Inductors do not behave the same way as…

High Voltage Ohmmeters

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Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…

Scientific Notation and Metric Prefixes

Worksheets - Transceivers

Write the following exponential expressions in expanded form: 101 =…

Snell’s Law Calculator

Tools

Given three of the four input parameters (refractive indices, angles of incidence, and refraction) this tool calculates the missing variable based on Snell's law.

Twisted-Pair Impedance Calculator

Tools

A tool designed to calculate the characteristic impedance of a twisted-pair cable

AC Instrumentation Transducers

Textbook

Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…

Parallel Circuit Rules

Textbook

Voltage Components in a parallel circuit share the same voltage:…