Electronics (Mike Jaroch)
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EUTECTIC ALLOYAn alloy that changes directly from a solid to a liquid with no plastic or semiliquid state [14]. | ||
EUTECTIC SOLDERAn alloy of 63 percent tin and 37 percent lead. Melts at 361o F [14]. | ||
EXCITATION VOLTAGEThe supply voltage required to activate a circuit [15]. | ||
EXCITING CURRENTThe current that flows in the primary winding of a transformer when the secondary is open-circuited; it produces a magnetic flux field. Also called magnetizing current [2]. | ||
EXCLUSIVE ORA function whose output is a 1 if one and only one of the input variables is a 1 [13]. | ||
EXCLUSIVE-OR GATEA gate that produces a logic 1 output when the inputs are different, but not when they are the same [13]. | ||
EXPONENTThe numeral written in superscript (102) which indicates the power to which the base is to be raised [13]. | ||
EXPRESSIONA validated series of variables, constants, and functions that can be connected by operating symbols to describe a desired computation [13]. | ||
EXTERNALLY EXCITED METERA term used to describe meters that get their power from the circuit to which they are connected [16]. | ||