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Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…
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.
Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…
A wound rotor induction motor has a stator like a squirrel cage…
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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.
Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
Since three-phase is used so often for power distribution systems, it…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator with hysteresis from a Schmitt trigger and learn how to use it to create an RC oscillator and a method to configure a 555 timer as an astable multivibrator.
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
It is sometimes useful in logic circuits to have a multivibrator which…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build an astable multivibrator (oscillator) circuit that provides an output in the audio frequency range and learn the effect of component values and supply voltage on oscillation frequency.
The invention of the bipolar transistor in 1948 ushered in a…
The Parallel Wires of Infinite Length Suppose, though, that we had a…
This calculator will determine the square root, cube root, or nth root of a given number, x.
Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in series and learn the relationship between the individual battery voltages and the total series voltage.
Starting with circle A in a rectangular A’ universe in figure…
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
In instrumentation circuitry, DC signals are often used as analog…
When lightning strikes, nearby magnetic compass needles may be seen to…
It should be common-sense knowledge that liquids flow through…
What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…
Value of time constant in series RC and RL circuits Time…
As was previously mentioned, we need more than just a continuous path…