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.
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Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
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With this lesson, I hope to avoid a common mistake found in…
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In simple AC power systems, one of the two conductors is typically…
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The armature windings of your DC motor will have very low resistance.…
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The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…
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The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…
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A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…
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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
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How is it possible to electrically measure the torque output by a…
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(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…
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Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…
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With simple series circuits, all components are connected end-to-end…
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What do we do if we come across a circuit more complex than the simple…
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Consider a circuit for a single-phase AC power system, where a 120…
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What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…
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Define the following metrological terms: • Uncertainty • Accuracy…
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Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…
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A calculator for computing the gain and output voltage of an operational amplifier
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Class B push-pull audio amplifier to drive a speaker and learn about crossover distortion and how to minimize it using negative feedback.
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So far we have been finding Sum-Of-Product (SOP) solutions to logic…
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Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
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When plotted on a curve tracer, the characteristic curve for a normal…
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Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…
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There was some historic crude, but usable semiconductor…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build capacitor charging and discharging circuits and learn how to calculate the RC time constant of resistor-capacitor circuits.
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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.
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The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…
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This calculator helps you compute for the inductance of an edge coupled trace.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test an automated circuit that sequentially flashes 10 LED, and learn about counters, frequency dividers, and switch debouncing.
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The following problems are arranged in order from most likely to least…
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What is Rectification? Now we come to the most popular application of…
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Superconducting devices, though not widely used, have some unique…
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TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…
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Starting with circle A in a rectangular A’ universe in figure…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Feedback is a fascinating engineering principle. It can turn a rather…
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If we take three equal resistors and connect one end of each to a…
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What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…
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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
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Power Equation of Ohm’s Law and Joule’s Law …
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This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a rectangular waveguide
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A calculator for computing the inductance of a coaxial cable.
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Over the course of the next few chapters, you will learn that AC…
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While the binary numeration system is an interesting mathematical…
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Instantaneous Values in AC Circuits Pure resistive AC circuit:…
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Arithmetic Sequences An arithmetic sequence is a series of numbers…
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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure resistance using the ohmmeter function.
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Current Components in a series circuit share the same current: Itotal…
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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure current using the ammeter function.
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In this introduction to series resistance circuits, we will explain…
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Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…
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