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    Electrotechnic exercise (help)

    I think the OP has the right numerical answer (although I'm having trouble following how he got it.) I did the simple voltage divider approach, but since it should not matter from which direction the voltage division is done, I did it both ways (Eqns 2 & 4) to ensure the answer was the same both...
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    Electrotechnic exercise (help)

    But suppose that there was no voltmeter connected; yet the problem asked you to find the unknown Z such that nodes D & F were at the same potential. So what does the presence of the voltmeter actually imply?
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    Electrotechnic exercise (help)

    If "same potential" means voltage with identical magnitude and phase, then yes.
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    Electrotechnic exercise (help)

    First consider how one might simplify the problem. The voltmeter has infinite impedance so C4 is not relevant. The voltmeter reads zero and a zero signal has no phase, so the phase of the current source is not relevant. But the current source does cause a voltage drop from Point-A to Point-B...
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    WheatStone bridge

    Of course, you would. But you can only make that statement after having done the mesh analysis and solved the circuit equations. One might find that the mesh current flows in the opposite direction of the real current.
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    WheatStone bridge

    This question suggests an unfamiliarity with the method of mesh current analysis. Suffice it to say that mesh currents are not real currents but merely an analysis tool for deriving the equations that govern a circuit's operation. The other prime method for deriving circuit equations is node...
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    Is the following a universal gate?

    But not all possible gate functions are described in that link, and only two of those described are universal. Note that to be a universal gate function the gate does not necessarily need to be commercially available nor even especially useful - just that it can (theoretically) be used to...
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    Is the following a universal gate?

    So what is excluded? Any 2-input gate has 4 possible input combinations and 2 possible outputs for each input combination. But the gate function is determined by selecting just one of the possible outputs for each of the 4 possible input combinations; therefore, the gate's function can be...
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    Is the following a universal gate?

    Maybe so, but not a problem if one just redraws the gate symbol so there are no inverted inputs...
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    Question about thevenin and norton's theorems

    Points A&B are shorted only when calculating the short-circuit current, but when finding the equivalent resistance then only the sources are zeroed.
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    Question about implementing (boolean) function using multiplexer?

    I used Logisim to verify the K-map. The output for the selection A=1, B=1, certainly seems to match C' so I believe you are correct.
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    Question about Thévenin's theorem assignment

    On first seeing this circuit, my first inclination was to perform a nodal analysis in the complex frequency domain, because that is how I always analyze circuits. But realizing that this particular problem is in the steady-state frequency domain, it can be redrawn as simple resistors &...
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    Validity of equation

    So you are offering a K-map as the solution to a Boolean equation. When has that ever been considered rigorous?
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    Validity of equation

    True; however, they do teach DeMorgan's Theorem for a reason. But one thing I was never taught is the use of the Boolean minus "-" operation. There is the AND gate, the OR gate, the NOT gate. Where does one get a MINUS gate?
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    Validity of equation

    The original question was how did the author arrive at the circled expression? It was done by multiple application of DeMorgan's Theorem, {When breaking an overbar, the operation enclosed by the overbar changes between AND / OR}.
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    Validity of equation

    Have you tried multiple application of DeMorgan's law?
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    Pulse & digital circuit - K-map

    When using index numbers for minterms it is important to know which logic variable is considered the most significant bit (MSB) and which is the least significant bit (LSB). Likewise, in order to minimize transcription errors, it is helpful to construct Karnaugh map templates where each square...
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    Voltage source and current source on source electrode of MOSFET?

    So how much voltage is supplied by the current source? The generic answer is: Whatever voltage is necessary to make 2 mA flow through the current source.
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    Capacitance of capacitors

    I believe this circuit calls for using the same sort of analysis technique as would be used for an unbalanced resistance bridge, only here it is more like an unbalanced reactance bridge. Ground one end of the network, and apply a voltage source to the other. This circuit has 4 nodes in addition...
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    Cells with different voltage in parallel????

    Is this a theoretical circuit or a real physical problem? The assumptions made about theoretical cells make it difficult to determine what might happen in a parallel situation, unless you can calculate the voltage drop caused by an infinite current flowing through a zero resistance. But real...
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