In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an automotive alternator to generate three-phase AC voltage and learn how alternators can function as both generators and motors.
Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
The instrumentation amplifier calculator will assist in the design and analysis of a conventional instrumentation amplifier circuit by calculating the required resistor values and gain.
A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…
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In simple AC power systems, one of the two conductors is typically…
This calculator helps determine the resistance of a variable resistor within a Wheatstone bridge circuit or the differential voltage created across the bridge terminals.
Suppose a 12 volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 20…
After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…
∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
Normally, the rotor windings of a wound rotor induction motor are…
Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
After applying some of the general troubleshooting tips to narrow the…
The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…
A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…
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Calculate the equivalent resistance of up to six resistors in parallel with ease while learning how to calculate resistance in parallel and the parallel resistance formula.
The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple DC voltage regulator circuit and learn how to use reverse-biased Zener diodes as voltage clamps.
What is an Encoder? An encoder is a circuit that changes a set of…
In the last section, we saw how the 3rd harmonic and all of its…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test a 2-input digital NAND gate with LED indicators and learn to read pinout diagrams, power a digital IC, connect unused inputs and outputs, and use pulldown resistors.
Suppose a 12 volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 20…
A popular use of diodes is for the mitigation of inductive…
Let us begin our exploration of Boolean algebra by adding numbers…
Like its bipolar cousin, the field-effect transistor may be used as an…
Using an example, learn about the different bias techniques for junction field effect transistors (JFETs) like the constant voltage bias, self-bias configuration, and voltage divider biasing.
In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…
The Use of Logic Gate Inverters and buffers exhaust the possibilities…
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Boolean algebra finds its most practical use in the simplification of…
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
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In this series of hands-on electronics experiments, build alternating current (AC) circuits and learn about basic electrical engineering circuit concepts, including transformers, motors, phase shifts, signal coupling, and noise cancellation.
A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…
In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure current using the ammeter function.
Associative Property In addition and multiplication, terms may be…
A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…
So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…
What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…
A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…
Explain how an ohmmeter is able to measure the resistance of a…
A Link Budget puts into account all gains and losses a signal goes through in a system as it is transmitted. The calculator calculates the power of the received signal given amplifier and antenna gains, and medium loss.
This calculator calculates the resistivity of a component based on its resistance value, length, and cross-sectional area.
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Practical Benefit of Active Devices The practical benefit of active…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple AC permanent capacitor split-phase induction motor and learn the principles of AC induction motor function.
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Note that the direction of the arrow at the gate indicates the…
A bistable multivibrator has two stable states, as indicated by the…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) to build a sensitive switching circuit and learn about JFET current gain.
These are the most common types of resistors available. Resistors…
Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…
What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…
This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a rectangle loop.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator with hysteresis from a Schmitt trigger and learn how to use it to create an RC oscillator and a method to configure a 555 timer as an astable multivibrator.
One of the more fascinating applications of electricity is in the…