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This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…
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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
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What is a harmonic frequency? If an oscillator circuit outputs a…
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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
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In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…
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The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is called…
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Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…
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Computerized Fourier analysis, particularly in the form of the FFT…
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This tool is designed to calculate the inductance of two parallel wires
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What is Conductance? In the study of DC circuits, the student of…
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As strange as it may seem, any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform is…
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It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…
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In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…
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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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This calculator computes the inductance of a microstrip etched on a PCB.
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A calculator for solving the maximum current a microstrip can handle.
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This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a rectangular waveguide
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A transmission line of infinite length is an interesting abstraction,…
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In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…
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What is Rectification? Now we come to the most popular application of…
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The Voltage Gain Because amplifiers have the ability to increase the…
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A helpful tool for calculating the impedance of a coaxial cable.
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There was some historic crude, but usable semiconductor…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build capacitor charging and discharging circuits and learn how to calculate the RC time constant of resistor-capacitor circuits.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an audio amplifier using a vacuum tube (triode) and learn about voltage transformers, how to build a high-voltage DC power supply, and how to use a transformer for impedance matching.
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Define the following metrological terms: • Uncertainty • Accuracy…
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Point-to-Point Connecting two digital devices with a network, would…
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How much voltage is there between the following pairs of points in…
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If at all possible, shut off the power to a circuit before performing…
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In an ideal case, an inductor acts as a purely reactive device. That…
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For extremely high-frequency applications (above 1 GHz), the…
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Solid Copper Wire Table Size Diameter (inches) Cross-sectional area…
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A special type of relay is one that monitors the current, voltage,…
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What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…
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Learn the Power Formula We’ve seen the formula for determining…
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In our study of AC circuits thus far, we’ve explored circuits…
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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…
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Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
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