ASICs Versus Semi-Discrete Design
Feedback Circuit Misconceptions
Race Cars, Oscilloscopes, and Fully-Differential Amplifiers
Frequency Response Analyzer Project
 | Frequency response (Bode plots of gain and phase) and RLC measurements in a single instrument, under development as a Design Center project. Get design details, including theory of operation, schematics, board layout and EPROM code as they become available and build your own. At present, the existing design can (barely) do frequency sweeps and acquire measurement data. Participate in this project and hone your design refinement skills. |
Basic Analog Circuits Quiz
Introductory Short Course on Electronic Circuits
This short course on electronics requires only pre-calculus mathematics but it emphasizes the essential concepts for a working understanding of electronics circuits.
| Introduction to basic dissipative (resistor) circuit theory. This is the place to start for electronic beginners. Includes a discussion of basic test equipment. |
| Introduction to basic reactive (capacitor, inductor) circuits, and time and frequency-domain analysis. |
| Introduction to diodes, BJT and FET devices, and how they amplify. Includes derivation of basic amplifier design equations and demonstrates their application. |
| Introduction to the analysis and design equations for transistor amplifier circuits. |
| Feedback amplifiers are an application of control theory. A general
procedure is developed for analyzing feedback circuits and identifying
the forward and feedback paths, pick-off points and summing circuits. |
