Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a large AC permanent capacitor split-phase induction motor and learn the principles of AC induction motor function.
Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple AC permanent capacitor split-phase induction motor and learn the principles of AC induction motor function.
Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…
A wound rotor induction motor has a stator like a squirrel cage…
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Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
How to Create Band-pass Filter There are applications where a…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a resistive voltage divider and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's voltage law (KVL) function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.
Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
What is an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), and what…
It may seem difficult to even start on a project such as this, with no…
Resistors vs. Inductors Inductors do not behave the same way as…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a multiple LED flasher and learn how to use inductive flyback to generate a voltage pulse that is greater than the supply voltage.
What do each of the oscilloscope axes represent, in real-life terms…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
In mathematics, an identity is a statement true for all possible…
Certain substances are known to physically deform (shorten or…
Using the same value components in our series example circuit, we will…
One of the more fascinating applications of electricity is in the…
This calculator shows the peak-to-peak voltage (VP-P) value from the peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.
Ampacities of copper wire, in free air at 30o C: INSULATION TYPE…
With BogusBus, our signals were very simple and straightforward: each…
This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a circular waveguide
A tool designed to calculate the guided wavelength inside a microstrip.
“I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum…
The normal data inputs to a flip flop (D, S and R, or J and K) are…
Standing waves at the resonant frequency points of an open- or…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
If the burden of two systems of measurement for common quantities…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
A tool designed to calculate skin depth based on the conductive material being used and the frequency of the signal.
One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
Learn about junction field effect transistors (JFETs), their equations, and how to model and simulate JFETs in LTspice.
This calculator will determine the correct antenna downtilt angle given the heights of the antennas and distance between them.
In the previous section, we saw a circuit using one J-K flip-flop that…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.
In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test mixed-signal analog and digital circuits using the versatile 555 timer IC. These projects will teach you about RC time constants, duty cycle, transistor current drive, LEDs, voltage doublers, and more.
In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure resistance using the ohmmeter function.
A capacitor is a passive two-terminal electronic component that…
The Programmable Logic Controller, or PLC, was invented in the late…
What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…
All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…