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Servo Motor Systems

Worksheets - Automotive

Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…

Electric Shock

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It is sometimes said regarding electrical safety that, Ït’s not the…

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…

Specific Troubleshooting Techniques

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

Other Specialized Motors

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Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…

Pressure Unit Conversion Calculator

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This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.

Inverting and Noninverting OpAmp Voltage Amplifier Circuits

Worksheets - Automotive

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

Motor Control Circuits

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The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…

Resonance

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

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.

The Importance of Electrical Safety

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With this lesson, I hope to avoid a common mistake found in…

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

Worksheets - Automotive

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

Stepper Motors

Textbook

Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…

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.

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

Linear Computational Circuitry

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

SPICE Models

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The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…

Calculus for Electric Circuits

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

Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…

Bipolar Junction Transistors as Switches

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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…

The Thyristor

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A thyristor is a device that has a number of unusual characteristics.…

Single-phase Induction Motors

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

Open-Loop OpAmp Circuits

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Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…

Conductor Ampacity

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The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…

Non-right Triangle Trigonometry

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The Law of Sines (for any triangle) The Law of Cosines (for any…

Capacitor Transient Response

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Because capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, they…

Contributors (15)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Digital Communication

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

Introduction to Karnaugh Mapping

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Why learn about Karnaugh maps? The Karnaugh map, like Boolean…

Bipolar Transistor Biasing Circuits

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

Junction field-effect transistors (JFET)

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

Wires and Connections

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Older electrical schematics showed connecting wires crossing, while…

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

Metric Prefix Conversions

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To express a quantity in a different metric prefix from how it was…

Amplifiers

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Practical Benefit of Active Devices The practical benefit of active…

DC Lab - Build Your Own Multimeter

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple voltmeter and ammeter while learning some fundamentals about circuit measurements.

Sources of Electricity

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What is the difference between DC and AC electricity? Identify some…

Rectangle Loop Inductance Calculator

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

Special-purpose Diodes

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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…

Design Project: LED Stroboscope

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A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…

Junction Diodes

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There was some historic crude, but usable were some historic crude,…

AC Resistor Circuits (Inductive)

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Instantaneous Values in AC Circuits Pure resistive AC circuit:…

Ohm’s Law - How Voltage, Current, and Resistance Relate

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The first, and perhaps most important, relationship between current,…

Flip-Flop Circuits

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

Vol IV. Credits

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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

Voltage/Current Converter OpAmp Circuits

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

Bandpass Filter Calculator

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This calculates values of the inductance, capacitance of an inductor and capacitor used in a Butterworth LC bandpass filter.

How to Use Thevenin’s Theorem

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This page will walk you step-by-step through the process of…

DC Lab - Sensitive Voltage Detector With Audio Output

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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.

Printed Circuit Board Layout and Manufacture

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When a PCB designer speaks of dimensions in thous or mils, what does…

Input and Output Coupling

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To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…

JFET Amplifiers

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

Building Resistor Circuits Using Breadboards, Perfboards, and Terminal Strips

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Over the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…

An Analogy for Ohm’s Law

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Ohm’s Law also makes intuitive sense if you apply it to the…

Analog Lab - Voltage Comparator

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog voltage comparator circuit and learn how open-loop operational amplifiers function.

Solid-state Relays

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Limitations of Electromechanical Relays As versatile as…

Converting Between Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits

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Since Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorems are two…

Electron Versus Conventional Flow

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In this electrical circuit, trace the direction of current through the…

Si Lab - Differential Amplifier

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a BJT differential amplifier and learn about a fundamental building block that is the basis of most operational amplifiers.

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.