Lab Manual To Accompany Dc Ac Circuits And Electronics

This lab manual accompanies Electronic Devices and Circuits, 4/e.

This lab book, written by Frank Pugh and Wes Ponick, provides students and instructors with easy to follow laboratory experiments. The experiments range from an introduction to laboratory equipment to experiments dealing with filter applications. All experiments have been student tested to ensure their effectiveness. The lab book is organized to correlate with topics covered in the text chapter by chapter. All experiments have a MultiSim activity that is to be done prior to the actual physical lab activity. MultiSim files (version 8) are included on a bound-in CD-ROM. This prepares students to work with circuit simulation software, and also to do "pre-lab" preparation before doing a physical lab exercise. MultiSim coverage also reflects the widespread use of circuit simulation software in today's electronic industries.

Featuring a total of 15 experiments, this laboratory manual fully addresses the field of DC electrical circuit analysis. It begins with an introduction to a standard electrical laboratory and progresses through basic measurements of voltage and current to series, parallel and series-parallel resistive circuit configurations. More advanced topics include the superposition technique for multi-source circuits, nodal analysis, mesh analysis, Thévenin's Theorem, maximum power transfer, and an introduction to capacitors and inductors. Each experiment includes a theory overview, electrical component parts list and test equipment inventory. Most exercises may be completed with just a digital multimeter and a dual output DC power supply. This is the print version of the on-line OER.

This is a student supplement associated with: DC/AC Fundamentals: A Systems Approach, 1/e Thomas L. Floyd David Buchla ISBN: 0132933934

First published in 1959, Herbert Jackson's Introduction to Electric Circuits is a core text for introductory circuit analysis courses taught in electronics and electrical engineering technology programs. This lab manual, created to accompany the main text, contains a collection of experimentschosen to cover the main topics taught in foundational courses in electrical engineering programs.Experiments can all be done with inexpensive test equipment and circuit components. Each lab concludes with questions to test students' comprehension of the theoretical concepts illustrated by the experimental results. The manual is formatted to enable it to double as a workbook, to allow studentsto answer questions directly in the lab manual if a formal lab write-up is not required.

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