Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…
A wound rotor induction motor has a stator like a squirrel cage…
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Normally, the rotor windings of a wound rotor induction motor are…
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The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is called…
Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…
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(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…
A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…
AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…
What does the acronym RF stand form, in reference to radio-related…
∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
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.
After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…
One of the more fascinating applications of electricity is in the…
A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…
Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
The most straightforward DC network analysis technique is the branch…
When plotted on a curve tracer, the characteristic curve for a normal…
Fundamentally, an amplifier is a device that takes in a low-power…
A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…
The Use of Logic Gate Inverters and buffers exhaust the possibilities…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
The benefits of scientific notation do not end with ease of writing…
A helpful analogy for understanding divided feedback amplifier…
Reactive Power We know that reactive loads such as inductors and…
Normally, the ampacity rating of a conductor is a circuit design…
So far, we’ve observed simulations of transformers where the…
The following problems are arranged in order from most likely to least…
For bipolar junction transistors, the fundamental measure of…
Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…
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.
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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.
As lengthy as this chapter has been up to this point, it only begins…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…