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Networks and Busses

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

Electrical Connections

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What, exactly, is necessary to establish electrical continuity between…

Conductors, Insulators, and Electron Flow

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The electrons of different types of atoms have different degrees of…

Arithmetic Properties

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Associative Property In addition and multiplication, terms may be…

Antiderivatives of Power Functions of e

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  Note: this is a very unique and useful property of e. As in…

AC Motor Control Circuits

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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

Derivatives of Power Functions of e

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Example Derivatives of e Proportionality Constant When we say that a…

Speed Distance Time Calculator

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This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.

Analog and Digital Signals

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Instrumentation is a field of study and work centering on measurement…

Three-phase Y and Delta Configurations

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Three-phase Wye(Y) Connection Initially, we explored the idea of…

Electromagnetic Induction

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While Oersted’s surprising discovery of electromagnetism paved…

Insulator Breakdown Voltage

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The atoms in insulating materials have very tightly-bound electrons,…

Conductor Size

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

Wire Loop Inductance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a wire loop.

“Ladder” Diagrams

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Ladder diagrams are specialized schematics commonly used to document…

Circuit Wiring

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So far, we’ve been analyzing single-battery, single-resistor…

Conductor Ampacity

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The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…

Copper Wire Ampacity Table

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Ampacities of copper wire, in free air at 30o C: INSULATION TYPE…

Contact “Bounce”

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When a switch is actuated and contacts touch one another under the…

Safety Grounding

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

What is the Relationship Between Conductance and Resistance?

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The concept and measurement units of resistance are most often used…

Mutual Inductance

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If two coils of wire are brought into close proximity with each other…

Intro Lab - Build an Electromagnet

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an electromagnet and learn about electromagnetism including the relationship of magnetic polarity to current flow.

The Antiderivative (Indefinite Integral)

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  Notice something important here: taking the derivative of f(x)…

Binary Addition

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The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…

Magnetic Units of Measurement

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In electric circuits, the three basic quantities are voltage (E or V),…

Digital Lab - 3-bit Binary Counter

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a 3-bit down counter using J-K flip-flops and learn about asynchronous counter functionality.

Divided Feedback

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

Battery Ratings

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Because batteries create current flow in a circuit by exchanging…

AC Negative Feedback OpAmp Circuits

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

Intro Lab - A Simple Lighting Circuit

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

Harmonics in Polyphase Power Systems

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

The J-K Flip-Flop

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Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…

Capacitors

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Identify some of the different types of capacitors, and their…

Static Electricity

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It was discovered centuries ago that certain types of materials would…

Table (portrait view)

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  Periodic table of chemical elements.

RC Time Constant Calculator

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The time constant of a series RC circuit is the product of the resistance and capacitance. Given two of the three values—resistance, capacitance, or RC time constant—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.

Edge Coupled Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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This tool helps calculate the impedance of an edge-coupled microstrip.

Motor Control Circuits

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

Active-mode Operation (IGFET)

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Impedance

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