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AC Lab - Automotive Alternator as AC Generator

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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.

AC Commutator Motors

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Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…

Instrumentation Amplifier Gain Calculator

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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.

Basic Troubleshooting Strategies

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A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…

Linear Computational Circuitry

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Safety Grounding

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In simple AC power systems, one of the two conductors is typically…

Wheatstone Bridge Calculator

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This calculator helps determine the resistance of a variable resistor within a Wheatstone bridge circuit or the differential voltage created across the bridge terminals.

Thevenin’s, Norton’s, and Maximum Power Transfer Theorems

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Suppose a 12 volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 20…

Introduction to AC Motors

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After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…

Calculus for Electric Circuits

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

Selsyn (Synchro) Motors

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Normally, the rotor windings of a wound rotor induction motor are…

Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…

Specific Troubleshooting Techniques

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After applying some of the general troubleshooting tips to narrow the…

SPICE Models

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The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…

Conventional Transistor Overview and Special Transistors

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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…

Single-phase Induction Motors

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A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…

Inverting and Noninverting OpAmp Voltage Amplifier Circuits

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Parallel Resistor Calculator

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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.

Resonance

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The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…

Si Lab - Zener Diode Voltage Regulator

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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.

Encoder

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What is an Encoder? An encoder is a circuit that changes a set of…

Harmonic Phase Sequences

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In the last section, we saw how the 3rd harmonic and all of its…

Digital Lab - Basic 2-Input NAND Gate Circuit

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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.

Thevenin’s, Norton’s, and Maximum Power Transfer Theorems

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Suppose a 12 volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 20…

Inductor Commutating Circuits

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A popular use of diodes is for the mitigation of inductive…

Boolean Arithmetic

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Let us begin our exploration of Boolean algebra by adding numbers…

The Junction Field-effect Transistor (JFET) as a Switch

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Like its bipolar cousin, the field-effect transistor may be used as an…

JFET Biasing Techniques

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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.

Introduction to Digital Communication

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In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…

Multiple-input Gates

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The Use of Logic Gate Inverters and buffers exhaust the possibilities…

The common-drain Amplifier (JFET)

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Boolean Rules for Simplification

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Boolean algebra finds its most practical use in the simplification of…

AC Motor Control Circuits

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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

Power Conversion Circuits

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Control Circuits

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AC Lab - Introduction

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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.

Basic Troubleshooting Strategies

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A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…

Intro Lab - How to Use an Ammeter to Measure Current

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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.

Arithmetic Properties

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Associative Property In addition and multiplication, terms may be…

pH Measurement

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A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…

Edge-triggered Latches: Flip-Flops

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So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…

The Exclusive-OR Function: The XOR Gate

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What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…

Single-phase Induction Motors

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A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…

Basic Ohmmeter Use

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Explain how an ohmmeter is able to measure the resistance of a…

Link Budget Calculator

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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.

Resistivity Calculator

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This calculator calculates the resistivity of a component based on its resistance value, length, and cross-sectional area.

Differential Transistor Amplifiers

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Amplifiers

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Practical Benefit of Active Devices The practical benefit of active…

AC Lab - Induction Motor

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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.

The Common-source Amplifier (JFET)

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Transistors, junction field-effect (JFET)

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Note that the direction of the arrow at the gate indicates the…

The S-R Latch

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A bistable multivibrator has two stable states, as indicated by the…

Si Lab - JFET Switching Circuit and Static Electricity Sensor

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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.

Resistors Types

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These are the most common types of resistors available. Resistors…

Special Transformers and Applications

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Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…

Synchronous Counters

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What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…

Rectangle Loop Inductance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a rectangle loop.

555 Lab - Oscillator With Hysteresis

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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.

Principles of Radio

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One of the more fascinating applications of electricity is in the…