Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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

---

Textbook

Bipolar Junction Transistors as Switches

Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…

---

Worksheets - Harsh Environment

Stepper Motors

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

---

Worksheets - Harsh Environment

Instrumentation Amplifier Gain Calculator

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.

---

Tools

DC Motor Theory

If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…

---

Worksheets - Harsh Environment

Fundamentals of Radio Communication

What does the acronym RF stand form, in reference to radio-related…

---

Worksheets - Harsh Environment

Other Specialized Motors

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

---

Textbook

AC Lab - Automotive Alternator as AC Generator

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.

---

Textbook

Safety Grounding

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

---

Worksheets - Harsh Environment

Parallel Resistor Calculator

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.

---

Tools

DC Lab - Potentiometer as a Rheostat

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.

---

Textbook

Calculus for Electric Circuits

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

---

Worksheets - Harsh Environment

Wheatstone Bridge Calculator

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

---

Tools

DC Motor Control Circuits

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

---

Worksheets - Harsh Environment

Principles of Radio

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

---

Textbook

Specific Troubleshooting Techniques

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

---

Textbook

Design Project: Stepper Motor Driver

At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…

---

Worksheets - Harsh Environment

Servo Motor Systems

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

---

Worksheets - Harsh Environment

Motor Control Circuits

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

---

Textbook

Linear Computational Circuitry

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

---

Worksheets - Harsh Environment

Inverting and Noninverting OpAmp Voltage Amplifier Circuits

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

---

Worksheets - Harsh Environment

Networks and Busses

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

---

Textbook

AC phase

If we were to express the series-connected DC voltages as phasors…

---

Worksheets - Harsh Environment

Asynchronous Counters

In the previous section, we saw a circuit using one J-K flip-flop that…

---

Textbook

What is Norton’s Theorem and the Norton Equivalent Circuit?

This article explains the step-by-step process for determining the…

---

Textbook

Rectifier Circuits

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

---

Worksheets - Harsh Environment

The Exclusive-OR Function: The XOR Gate

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

---

Textbook

Series and Parallel Capacitors

When capacitors are connected in series, the total capacitance is…

---

Textbook

Performance-Based Assessments for DC Circuit Competencies

(Template)

---

Worksheets - Harsh Environment

Digital Ramp ADC

Also known as the stairstep-ramp, or simply counter A/D converter,…

---

Textbook

Intro Lab - A Simple Lighting Circuit

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a battery-operated circuit with a light and learn about open and short circuit failures.

---

Textbook

Simple Parallel (Tank Circuit) Resonance

Resonance in a Tank Circuit A condition of resonance will be…

---

Textbook

The Unijunction Transistor (UJT)

Unijunction transistor: Although a unijunction transistor is not a…

---

Textbook

Simple Circuits

Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…

---

Worksheets - Harsh Environment

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

The table method provides a structured methodology for ensuring you…

---

Textbook

Magnetism

A permanent magnet is a device that retains a magnetic field without…

---

Worksheets - Harsh Environment

Derivative of a Constant

    (“c” being a constant)   RELATED…

---

Textbook

Radio Circuits

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

---

Textbook

Advanced Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Electronic power conversion circuits known…

---

Worksheets - Harsh Environment

Metric Prefixes and Unit Conversions

Metric Prefixes   Yotta = 1024 Symbol: Y Zetta = 1021 Symbol: Z…

---

Textbook

DC Lab - Sensitive Voltage Detector With Audio Output

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.

---

Textbook

Octal and Hexadecimal Numeration

Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…

---

Textbook