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Radar Maximum Range Calculator

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

Special Transformers and Applications

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Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…

AC Instrumentation Transducers

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

Practical considerations - Digital Communication

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A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

Pulse Width Modulation

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

Phase-Locked Loops

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

Passive Filter Circuits

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

Digital Communication

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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…

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…

Introduction to Digital Communication

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

Signal Modulation

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A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…

BJT Quirks

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

Networks and Busses

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

Electrical Signal Types

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

Active Filters

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

Introduction to Mixed-Frequency AC Signals

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In our study of AC circuits thus far, we’ve explored circuits…

Power Added Efficiency Calculator

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A calculator designed to compute the power-added efficiency (PAE) of an amplifier

EIRP Calculator

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A helpful tool for computing the Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of an antenna

Practical considerations - Digital Communication

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A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

Friis Transmission Calculator

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This calculator computes the power received by an antenna using Friis formula

Permanent Magnets

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Centuries ago, it was discovered that certain types of mineral rock…

N-Way Power Divider Calculator

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This calculator determines the total path loss provided by an RF n-way power splitter.

Magnetic Fields and Inductance

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Whenever electrons flow through a conductor, a magnetic field will…

Parallel Wire Inductance Calculator

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This tool is designed to calculate the inductance of two parallel wires

Optical Data Communication

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

Capacitance, Reactance, and Admittance Calculator

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A calculator for solving the capacitance, reactance, and admittance of a capacitor.

Noise Figure and Noise Temperature Calculator

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

Band-stop Filters

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How to Create a Band-stop Filter? Also called band-elimination,…

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

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

Microstrip Inductance Calculator

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This calculator computes the inductance of a microstrip etched on a PCB.

Waveguides

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A waveguide is a special form of transmission line consisting of a…

Passive Filter Circuits

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

Microstrip Patch Antenna Calculator

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This tool calculates the dimensions of the microstrip patch antenna given the desired operating frequency.

Rectifier Circuits

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What is Rectification? Now we come to the most popular application of…

Timer Circuits

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

Counters

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

Electrons and “holes’’

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Pure semiconductors are relatively good insulators as compared with…

Practical Considerations - Capacitors

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Capacitors, like all electrical components, have limitations that must…

Series and Parallel Component Equivalent Values

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Series and Parallel Resistances     Series and Parallel…

Conversion From Decimal Numeration

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Because octal and hexadecimal numeration systems have bases that are…

Meter Check of a Diode

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The Functionality of Diode Polarity Being able to determine the…

Bipolar Transistor Biasing Circuits

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

Peak to Peak Voltage Calculator (VP-P)

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This calculator shows the peak-to-peak voltage (VP-P) value from the peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.

Common Sources of Hazard

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Of course, there is a danger of electrical shock when directly…

pH Measurement

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A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…

TTL Logic Gates

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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…

Conventional Versus Electron Flow

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“The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of…

Ohm’s Law (again!)

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A common phrase heard in reference to electrical safety goes something…

“Ladder” Diagrams

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Ladder diagrams are specialized schematics commonly used to document…

Calculus for Electric Circuits

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…

JFET Quirks

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Digital Signals and Gates

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While the binary numeration system is an interesting mathematical…

Time-delay Relays

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What are Time-Delay Relays? Some relays are constructed with a kind of…

Voltage Signal Systems

Textbook

The use of variable voltage for instrumentation signals seems a rather…