Elenco Basic Electronic Experiments - Manual (Page 2)

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Introduction to Inductors and Transformers 40
Test Your Knowledge #2 41
Experiment #27: The Magnetic Bridge 42
Experiment #28: The Lighthouse 43
Experiment #29: Electronic Sound 44
Experiment #30: The Alarm 46
Experiment #31: Morse Code 47
Experiment #32: Siren 48
Experiment #33: Electronic Rain 49
Experiment #34: The Space Gun 50
Experiment #35: Electronic Noisemaker 51
Experiment #36: Drawing Resistors 52
Experiment #37: Electronic Kazoo 54
Experiment #38: Electronic Keyboard 55
Experiment #39: Fun with Water 56
Experiment #40: Blinking Lights 57
Experiment #41: Noisy Blinker 58
Experiment #42: One Shot 59
Experiment #43: Alarm With Shut - Off Timer 60
Experiment #44: The Flip - Flop 61
Experiment #45: Finger Touch Lamp With Memory 62
Experiment #46: This OR That 63
Experiment #47: Neither This NOR That 64
Experiment #48: This AND That 65
Experiment #49: Audio NAND, AND 66
Experiment #50: Logic Combination 67
Test Your Knowledge #3 68
Troubleshooting Guide 68
Definition of Terms 69
Parts List Page 3
Answers to Quizzes 3
Introduction to Basic Components 4
Experiment #1: The Light Bulb 8
More About Resistors 10
Experiment #2: Brightness Control 12
Experiment #3: Resistors in Series 13
Experiment #4: Parallel Pipes 14
Experiment #5: Comparison of Parallel Currents 15
Experiment #6: Combined Circuit 16
Experiment #7: Water Detector 17
Introduction to Capacitors 18
Experiment #8: Slow Light Bulb 20
Experiment #9: Small Dominates Large 21
Experiment #10: Large Dominates Small 22
Experiment #11: Make Your Own Battery 23
Test Your Knowledge #1 24
Introduction to Diodes 24
Experiment #12: One - Way Current 25
Experiment #13: One - Way Light Bulbs 26
Introduction to Transistors 27
Experiment #14: The Electronic Switch 28
Experiment #15: The Current Amplifier 28
Experiment #16: The Substitute 29
Experiment #17: Standard Transistor Biasing Circuit 30
Experiment #18: Very Slow Light Bulb
31
Experiment #19: The Darlington 32
Experiment #20: The Two Finger Touch Lamp 32
Experiment #21: The One Finger Touch Lamp 33
Experiment #22: The Voltmeter 34
Experiment #23: 1.5 Volt Battery Tester 36
Experiment #24: 9 Volt Battery Tester 37
Experiment #25: The Battery Immunizer 38
Experiment #26: The Anti-Capacitor 39
TABLE OF CONTENTS
In this booklet you will learn:
• The basic principles of electronics.
• How to build circuits using a breadboard.
• How all of the basic electronic components work and how to read their values.
• How to read electronic schematics.
• How to design and troubleshoot basic electronic circuits.
• How to change the performance of electronic circuits by changing component values within the circuit.
THE EXPERIMENTS IN THIS BOOKLET REQUIRE A BREADBOARD OR
CAN BE DONE ON THE ELENCO
® XK-150, XK-550, OR XK-700 TRAINERS.