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Bipolar Junction Transistors as Switches

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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…

Calculus for Electric Circuits

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

Boolean Algebra

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

Linear Computational Circuitry

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

Memory Devices

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

Intermediate Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

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

Conventional Transistor Overview and Special Transistors

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

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

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

Selsyn (Synchro) Motors

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

Motor Control Circuits

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

Linear Computational Circuitry

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

AC Lab - Automotive Alternator as AC Generator

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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.

Introduction to AC Motors

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After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…

The Importance of Electrical Safety

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

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.

DC Generator Theory

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

Pressure Unit Conversion Calculator

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This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.

Bipolar Junction Transistors as Switches

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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…

Stepper Motors

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

Radio Circuits

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

Single-phase Induction Motors

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

Electric Shock

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

Resonance

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The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…

DC Motor Control Circuits

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

SPICE Models

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The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…

Servo Motor Systems

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

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

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.

Scientific Notation

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In many disciplines of science and engineering, very large and very…

Divided Feedback

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If we add a voltage divider to the negative feedback wiring so that…

Peak, Average, and RMS Measurements

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How is it possible to assign a fixed value of voltage or current (such…

The Silicon-Controlled Switch (SCS)

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If we take the equivalent circuit of an SCR and add another external…

SPICE Quirks

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“Garbage in, garbage out.” —Anonymous   SPICE…

Gate Universality

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NAND and NOR gates possess a special property: they are universal.…

Superposition Theorem

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

Practical Power Factor Correction

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When the need arises to correct for poor power factor in an AC power…

AC Lab - Introduction

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In this series of hands-on electronics experiments, build alternating current (AC) circuits and learn about basic electrical engineering circuit concepts, including transformers, motors, phase shifts, signal coupling, and noise cancellation.

Digital Logic Signals

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A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…

Design Project: Dual-output AC-DC Power Supply

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Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…

Temperature Coefficients of Resistance Table

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Temperature coefficient (α) per degree C: Material Element/Alloy…

JFET Quirks

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The Instrumentation Amplifier

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What Is an Instrumentation Amplifier? An instrumentation amplifier…

Octal and Hexadecimal Numeration

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Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…

Conductor Size

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It should be common-sense knowledge that liquids flow through…

Numeration Systems

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Digital computers communicate with external devices through ports:…

The D Latch

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Since the enable input on a gated S-R latch provides a way to latch…

General Troubleshooting Tips

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When first approaching a failed or otherwise misbehaving system, the…

Reflection Attenuator Calculator

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This tool is designed to calculate the value of resistance R1 in a reflection attenuator.