Performance-Based Assessments for AC Circuit Competencies

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Reluctance Motor

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

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Synchronous Motors

Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

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AC Lab - Large Induction Motor

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.

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Wound Rotor Induction Motors

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

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AC Commutator Motors

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

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AC Lab - Induction Motor

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.

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Other Specialized Motors

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

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Intermediate Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

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

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Performance-Based Assessments for AC Circuit Competencies

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Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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

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What is Alternating Current (AC)?

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

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Electrical Transients

This chapter explores the response of capacitors and inductors to…

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Conductors and Insulators

Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…

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Impedance Matching With Transformers

Suppose you were to take a 3 kW electric heater rated for 240 VAC and…

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DC Lab - Series Batteries

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.

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Solving Unbalanced Wheatstone Bridge Circuits Via Mesh Current Method

An unbalanced Wheatstone bridge cannot be solved using simple series…

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Capacitor Charge and Time Constant Calculator

This calculator computes for the capacitor charge time and energy, given the supply voltage and the added series resistance.

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Amplifier Gain

The Voltage Gain Because amplifiers have the ability to increase the…

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AC Lab - Sensing AC Magnetic Fields

In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will sense AC magnetic fields using a simple wire coil and learn about AC signal coupling, orientation effects, and the impact of shielding using different materials.

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Analog Lab - High-impedance Voltmeter

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a high-impedance voltmeter and learn about circuit loading and how to use op amps to reduce loading effects.

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Microprocessor Programming

The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

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Metric Prefix Conversions

To express a quantity in a different metric prefix from how it was…

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EIRP Calculator

A helpful tool for computing the Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of an antenna

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Decibel Calculator

This calculator will convert voltage or power gains into decibels. Enter one of the three values and the calculator will output the other two.

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Introduction to Conductance and Conductors

By now you should be well aware of the correlation between electrical…

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Introduction to Shift Registers

Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential…

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Control Circuits

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Timer Circuits

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

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Microwave Tubes

For extremely high-frequency applications (above 1 GHz), the…

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Delta and Wye 3-Phase Circuits

Label where each of the following electrical quantities would be found…

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Time Constant Circuits

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

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