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What is Alternating Current (AC)?

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Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…

AC Lab - Large Induction Motor

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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.

AC Commutator Motors

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

Reluctance Motor

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

AC Lab - Induction Motor

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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.

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

Intermediate Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

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

Wound Rotor Induction Motors

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A wound rotor induction motor has a stator like a squirrel cage…

Performance-Based Assessments for AC Circuit Competencies

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Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…

Other Specialized Motors

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Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…

Contributors (14)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Band-pass Filters

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How to Create Band-pass Filter There are applications where a…

DC Lab - Voltage Divider

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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.

Why digital?

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Although many textbooks provide good introductions to digital memory…

Insulated Gate Field-Effect Transistors

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

Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors

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What is an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), and what…

Design Project: DC Voltage Regulator

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It may seem difficult to even start on a project such as this, with no…

AC Inductor Circuits

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Resistors vs. Inductors Inductors do not behave the same way as…

555 Lab - LED Flasher with Inductive Flyback

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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.

Design Project: Simple Component Curve-Tracer Circuit

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What do each of the oscilloscope axes represent, in real-life terms…

Binary Math

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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…

Boolean Algebraic Identities

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In mathematics, an identity is a statement true for all possible…

Physical Effects of Electricity

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Certain substances are known to physically deform (shorten or…

Parallel Resistor-Capacitor Circuits

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Using the same value components in our series example circuit, we will…

Principles of Radio

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One of the more fascinating applications of electricity is in the…

Peak to Peak Voltage Calculator (VP-P)

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This calculator shows the peak-to-peak voltage (VP-P) value from the peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.

Copper Wire Ampacity Table

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

Electrical Signal Types

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With BogusBus, our signals were very simple and straightforward: each…

Waveguide Calculator (Circular)

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This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a circular waveguide

Microstrip Wavelength Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate the guided wavelength inside a microstrip.

Quantum Physics

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“I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum…

Asynchronous Flip-Flop Inputs

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The normal data inputs to a flip flop (D, S and R, or J and K) are…

Impedance Transformation

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Standing waves at the resonant frequency points of an open- or…

PN Junctions

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

Magnetic Units of Measurement

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If the burden of two systems of measurement for common quantities…

Nonlinear OpAmp Circuits

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

Skin Depth Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate skin depth based on the conductive material being used and the frequency of the signal.

Binary Overflow

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One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…

Simulating JFET Circuits Using LTspice

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Learn about junction field effect transistors (JFETs), their equations, and how to model and simulate JFETs in LTspice.

Antenna Downtilt and Coverage Calculator

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This calculator will determine the correct antenna downtilt angle given the heights of the antennas and distance between them.

Asynchronous Counters

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In the previous section, we saw a circuit using one J-K flip-flop that…

Digital Codes

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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…

Speed Distance Time Calculator

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

555 Lab - Introduction to the 555 Timer IC

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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.

Intro Lab - How to Use an Ohmmeter to Measure Resistance

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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure resistance using the ohmmeter function.

Capacitor Types

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A capacitor is a passive two-terminal electronic component that…

Programmable Logic Controllers

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The Programmable Logic Controller, or PLC, was invented in the late…

The Exclusive-OR Function: The XOR Gate

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What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…

Vol IV. Credits

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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

The J-K Flip-Flop

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