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Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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

Bipolar Junction Transistors as Switches

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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…

AC Motor Control Circuits

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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

DC Motor Theory

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

Wound Rotor Induction Motors

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A wound rotor induction motor has a stator like a squirrel cage…

Boolean Algebra

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

Selsyn (Synchro) Motors

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

Memory Devices

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

Networks and Busses

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

Servo Motor Systems

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

Linear Computational Circuitry

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

Radio Circuits

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

Basic Troubleshooting Strategies

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

Polyphase Motor Design

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

Fundamentals of Radio Communication

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

Calculus for Electric Circuits

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

Tube Lab - Vacuum Tube Audio Amplifier

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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.

Introduction to AC Motors

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After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…

Principles of Radio

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

Single-phase Induction Motors

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

Bipolar Junction Transistors as Switches

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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…

Stepper Motors

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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…

Branch Current Method Analysis

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The most straightforward DC network analysis technique is the branch…

Component Modeling

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When plotted on a curve tracer, the characteristic curve for a normal…

Elementary Amplifier Theory

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Fundamentally, an amplifier is a device that takes in a low-power…

Shift Registers: Serial-in, Parallel-out (SIPO) Conversion

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A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…

Common Antiderivatives

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Multiple-input Gates

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The Use of Logic Gate Inverters and buffers exhaust the possibilities…

Contributors (1)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Arithmetic with Scientific Notation

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The benefits of scientific notation do not end with ease of writing…

An Analogy for Divided Feedback

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A helpful analogy for understanding divided feedback amplifier…

True, Reactive, and Apparent Power

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Reactive Power We know that reactive loads such as inductors and…

Fuses

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Normally, the ampacity rating of a conductor is a circuit design…

Step-up and Step-down Transformers

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

Likely Failures in Proven Systems

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The following problems are arranged in order from most likely to least…

Tube Parameters

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For bipolar junction transistors, the fundamental measure of…

Switched Capacitor Circuitry

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Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…

Si Lab - Full-wave Bridge Rectifier With Output Filtering

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In this hands-on semiconductor experiment, build an improved full-wave rectifier with output filtering and learn about capacitive filtering in AC-to-DC power converters.

The common-drain Amplifier (JFET)

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555 Lab - Blue LED Flasher With Voltage Doubler

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a blue LED flasher using a 555 timer and learn the basic theory of a voltage doubler using a transistor switch and a capacitor.

Summary of Filters

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As lengthy as this chapter has been up to this point, it only begins…

TTL Logic Gates

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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…