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Intermediate Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

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

Single-phase Induction Motors

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

DC Generator Theory

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Generators used in battery-charging systems must be regulated so as to…

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

Networks and Busses

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The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is  called…

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.

Basic Troubleshooting Strategies

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

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

Lorentz Force Calculator

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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.

Stepper Motors

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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…

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.

Brushless DC Motor

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Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…

DC Motor Control Circuits

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How is it possible to electrically measure the torque output by a…

Protective Relay Circuits

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Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…

“Long’’ and “Short’’ Transmission Lines

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In DC and low-frequency AC circuits, the characteristic impedance of…

Emergency Response

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Despite lock-out/tag-out procedures and multiple repetitions of…

Current Divider Circuits

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

DIP Gate Packaging

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Digital logic gate circuits are manufactured as integrated circuits:…

Conductor Ampacity

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

The Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR)

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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…

The Common-gate Amplifier (JFET)

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Building Series-Parallel Resistor Circuits

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Once again, when building battery/resistor circuits, the student or…

Digital Lab - 7-segment LED Display

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will control a 7-segment binary-coded decimal (BCD) display and learn about active-low and active-high logic inputs.

Re-drawing Complex Schematics

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Typically, complex circuits are not arranged in nice, neat, clean…

Decibels Equations

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Contributors (11)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Balanced Attenuator Calculator

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This balanced attenuator calculator helps you determine the resistor (R1) values for a balanced attenuator.

Electromechanical Relay Logic

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In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…

Vol I. Credits

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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

Step-up and Step-down Transformers

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So far, we’ve observed simulations of transformers where the…

Memory Devices

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

The R/2R DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter)

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The R/2R DAC circuit is an alternative to the binary-weighted-input…

Valence and Crystal Structure

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Valence: The electrons in the outermost shell, or valence shell, are…

Decimal versus Binary Numeration

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Let’s count from zero to twenty using four different kinds of…

Diode Switching Circuits

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Diodes can perform switching and digital logic operations. Forward and…

Analog Lab - 555 Ramp Signal Generator

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, construct a signal generator circuit that creates two different types of ramp signals and learn how capacitors charge when connected to resistors and constant current sources.

Delta and Wye 3-Phase Circuits

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Label where each of the following electrical quantities would be found…

An Analogy for Divided Feedback

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A helpful analogy for understanding divided feedback amplifier…

Permissive and Interlock Circuits

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A practical application of switch and relay logic is in control…

Switches, Hand Actuated

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A switch is an electrical component that can “make” or…

Step-up and Step-down Transformers

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So far, we’ve observed simulations of transformers where the…

The Unijunction Transistor (UJT)

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Unijunction transistor: Although a unijunction transistor is not a…

AC Lab - Signal and Noise Coupling

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, power a DC motor through a multi-conductor cable to learn how AC signals are coupled between conductors and how to mitigate noise coupling.

Polyphase Power Systems

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Explain the difference between a balanced polyphase system and an…

Complex Number Arithmetic

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Since complex numbers are legitimate mathematical entities, just like…

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.

AC Voltmeters and Ammeters

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AC electromechanical meter movements come in two basic arrangements:…

Trigonometry for AC Circuits

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Identify which trigonometric functions (sine, cosine, or tangent) are…

Op-Amp Data

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Parametric data for all semiconductor op-amp models except the CA3130…

Thyristors

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Thyristors are a broad classification of bipolar-conducting…

Wire Types and Sizes

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Most electrical wire is covered in a rubber or plastic coating called…

Zener Diodes

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

Complex Vector Addition

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If vectors with uncommon angles are added, their magnitudes (lengths)…