Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
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This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.
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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.
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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an audio amplifier using a vacuum tube (triode) and learn about voltage transformers, how to build a high-voltage DC power supply, and how to use a transformer for impedance matching.
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(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…
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At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
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After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…
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With this lesson, I hope to avoid a common mistake found in…
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This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.
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Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…
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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…
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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
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Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
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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.
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog differentiator circuit that outputs a signal proportional to the rate-of-change and learn about one of the advantages of analog circuits.
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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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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use a PC-based oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn basic oscilloscope operation.
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Convert to and from different units of length, weight, power, temperature and torque
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Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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The electrons of different types of atoms have different degrees of…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave bridge rectifier using silicon diodes and learn some of this circuit's advantages and disadvantages.
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While the binary numeration system is an interesting mathematical…
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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.
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A modern alternative to sending (binary) digital information via…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will construct a voltage detector with adjustable sensitivity and audio output, and you will learn a method for detecting small electrical signals without an oscilloscope.
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Solid Copper Wire Table Size Diameter (inches) Cross-sectional area…
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“I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum…
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So far, we’ve been analyzing single-battery, single-resistor…
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Write the following exponential expressions in expanded form: 101 =…
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The Law of Sines (for any triangle) The Law of Cosines (for any…
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In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of voltage…
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Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
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Another strategy for addressing the problem of secondary electrons…
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The atoms in insulating materials have very tightly-bound electrons,…
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Provide a definition for phasor, as the term applies to electrical…
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A calculator for computing the impedance of an edge coupled stripline.
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Sometimes it is necessary to determine the length of time that a…
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Voltage is commonly defined as “electrical pressure.” The unit of…
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There are four basic factors of inductor construction determining the…
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Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
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“The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of…
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What Is Kirchhoff’s Current Law? Kirchhoff’s Current Law,…
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This series LED resistance calculator is perfect for when you have a single LED or a number of the same color of LEDs in series and need to know which resistor you should use.
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A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…
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SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…
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Fallacious reasoning and poor interpersonal relations account for more…
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All About Diodes A diode is an electrical device allowing current to…
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