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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 Commutator Motors

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

Electric Shock

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

Design Project: DC Motor

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The armature windings of your DC motor will have very low resistance.…

Selsyn (Synchro) Motors

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

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.

Reluctance Motor

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

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.

Inverting and Noninverting OpAmp Voltage Amplifier Circuits

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

Specific Troubleshooting Techniques

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

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.

The Importance of Electrical Safety

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

Radio Circuits

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

DC Motor Control Circuits

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

Intermediate Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

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

Series-Parallel DC Circuits

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

Conventional Transistor Overview and Special Transistors

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

Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…

Thevenin’s, Norton’s, and Maximum Power Transfer Theorems

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Suppose a 12 volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 20…

Linear Computational Circuitry

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

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

Harmonics in Polyphase Power Systems

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In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…

Design Project: Signal Generator

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Explain the principle of operation for the particular integrated…

Physiological Effects of Electricity

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Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…

Introduction to Mixed-Frequency AC Signals

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In our study of AC circuits thus far, we’ve explored circuits…

Design Project: Radio Transmitter

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Research the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) guidelines on…

Temperature Coefficient of Resistance

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It is a common phenomenon for the electrical resistance of a substance…

Series-Parallel DC Circuits

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

AC Motor Control Circuits

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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

Passive Filter Circuits

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In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…

AC Capacitor Circuits

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Capacitors Vs. Resistors Capacitors do not behave the same as…

Energy, Work, and Power

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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.

Resonant Filters

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

Ohm’s Law Practice Worksheet With Answers

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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.

Edge-triggered Latches: Flip-Flops

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So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…

Contributors (4)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Mutual Inductance

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When an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, what…

Complex Circuits

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What do we do if we come across a circuit more complex than the simple…

Clipper Circuits

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A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…

Rectifier Circuits

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

Fuses

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