Intro to Circuits and Electronics Web-based Demos

Introduction to Circuits and Electronics

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  • This page currently only documents web-based circuits demonstrations and resources for understanding problems and methods. There also exist endless PSPICE and Matlab demos available for download.
    Mesh Analysis for DC Circuits
    Tutorial useful for "trying to understand how to do loop analysis and factor current sources into the mix" (Will Clayton).
    Voltage Circuit Simulator
    Silly Ohm's law simulator: select the right resistors to get the light bulb to not explode.
    Alan Felzer's Computer Demos for Electrical Engineering
    Many short demonstrations of simple circuits: resistors, op-amps, capactors, inductors, and logic components. These are either in the form of "worked problems" or examples where you can turn on and off individual changes.
    Cuthbert Nyack's
    Interactive demos for individual components and common combinations (RC, RL, and RLC circuits). Further down there are PSPICE demos available for more tinkering.
    Fu-Kwun Hwang's RC Circuits Page
    See the evolving voltage and current behavior of a simple RC circuit with controllable switch.
    RLC Resonance Circuit
    Play with difference values of R, L, and C in a simple RLC circuit as a filter (frequency domain).
    Impedance of Series RLC circuits
    Another RLC circuit simulator with multiple views (sinusoidally driven).
    CMOS Gates Demonstration
    Turn on and off CMOS gates to understand how they work, alone and in many examples.
    RLC Circuit Simulation
    Clever, 3-D visualization of the transient response of a simple RLC loop circuit that you design.
    The Semiconductor Applet Service
    Physical-level, interactive demonstrations of the behavior and processes of various semiconductor-based components. Also note the additional links at the very bottom.
    Circuit Builder Simulation
    Extensive general applet to build your own circuits with basic components and see the results. Though, you'd be better off using SPICE.