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Electronics take-apart student activity
We're planning a (6th-8th grade) student take-apart day, with small non-functioning items like hair dryers, clock radios, coffee makers, etc. (no microwaves, TVs, monitors.) Even though items have not ...
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Is lead color a safety issue?
BNC to alligator clip connectors were made for a function generator in our lab. Whoever made them decided that the ground connector wire should be red and the signal connector wire should be white.
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Is there a commonly used name for a "local ground" or "local common"?
Suppose we have a circuit that measures some external voltage like so:
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
We will assume that the circuit is powered by batteries, and ...
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Is is possible to create modular logic gates from transistors for teaching purposes?
I'd like to work through some basic logic circuits with some youngsters and wanted to build them up from scratch (transistors), not logic gates if possible.
We've done the basics: buffer, NOT, AND, OR,...
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Analysis of unbalanced bridge circuit
Introduction
I am learning the method of Fast Analytical Circuit Techniques (FACTs), based on the Extra Element Theorem of the late Prof. Middlebrook. In the future, I intend to teach an ...
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A basic description of capacitors - but is it wrong?
I volunteer at a club to teach teens Arduino and basic electronics: LEDs, resistors, voltage, current, etc. I also describe what they do:
Batteries, chargers and other power supplies:
These ...
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