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Memory Devices

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

AC Motor Theory

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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…

Principles of Radio

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

Polyphase Motor Design

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AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…

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.

DC Lab - Potentiometer as a Rheostat

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use a potentiometer as a variable resistor to control the speed of a motor and learn how to connect a potentiometer as a rheostat.

AC Commutator Motors

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

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.

Conventional Transistor Overview and Special Transistors

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

Intermediate Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

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As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…

Basic Troubleshooting Strategies

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

Radio Circuits

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(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…

The Importance of Electrical Safety

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

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.

Stepper Motors

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

Motor Control Circuits

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

Specific Troubleshooting Techniques

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

Selsyn (Synchro) Motors

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

Calculus for Electric Circuits

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

Electric Shock

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

Logarithms for Analog Circuits

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The concept of a mathematical power is familiar to most students of…

Time-delay Relays

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What are Time-Delay Relays? Some relays are constructed with a kind of…

Static Electricity

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What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…

Intro Lab - Circuit With a Switch

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will control a light with a switch and learn the basics of connecting toggle (on/off) switches into circuits.

Intro Lab - How to Use an Ohmmeter to Measure Resistance

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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.

What is Alternating Current (AC)?

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Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…

Common Sources of Hazard

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Of course, there is a danger of electrical shock when directly…

Vol II. Credits

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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

Design Project: LED Stroboscope

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

Pulse Width Modulation

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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…

Mixed-Frequency Signals

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What is a harmonic frequency? If an oscillator circuit outputs a…

Conversion From Decimal Numeration

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Because octal and hexadecimal numeration systems have bases that are…

Solving Series and Parallel Circuits With the Table Method and Ohm’s Law

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The table method provides a structured methodology for ensuring you…

Digital Logic Functions

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We can construct a simple logic functions for our hypothetical lamp…

Frequency and Phase Measurement

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An important electrical quantity with no equivalent in DC circuits is…

Algebraic Equation Manipulation for Electric Circuits

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The electrical resistance of a conductor at any temperature may be…

Decibel Calculator

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This calculator will convert voltage or power gains into decibels. Enter one of the three values and the calculator will output the other two.

Resonant Filters

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So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…

Decibels Equations

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An Electric Pendulum

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Capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, and…

Time-Delay Electromechanical Relays

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What does the normal status of an electrical switch refer to?…

Wire-by-Number project kit introduction

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Wire-by-Number project: simple voltage divider Description: Build a…

Conductors, Insulators, and Electron Flow

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The electrons of different types of atoms have different degrees of…

Introduction to Operational Amplifiers (Op-amps)

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What is an Operational Amplifier (Op-amp)? Operational Amplifiers,…

Historical, Nonmechanical Memory Technologies

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Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A…

Temperature Converter

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Convert between Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin

Capacitor Types

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A capacitor is a passive two-terminal electronic component that…

Reluctance Motor

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The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…

Phase Rotation

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Three-Phase Alternator Let’s take the three-phase alternator…

Programmable Logic Technology

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Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…

Microstrip Crosstalk Calculator

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This tool is designed to calculate cross-talk coefficient and coupled voltage for a microstrip.

Capacitance

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Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…

Miscellaneous Diode Applications

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

Parallel Circuit Rules

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Voltage Components in a parallel circuit share the same voltage:…

Factorials

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Definition of a Factorial Denoted by the symbol “!” after…

Full-Adder

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The half-adder is extremely useful until you want to add more than one…

Contributors (12)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Algebraic Substitution for Electric Circuits

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There are two basic Ohm’s Law equations: one relating voltage,…

Definite Integrals and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

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Susceptance and Admittance

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What is Conductance? In the study of DC circuits, the student of…