Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…
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Normally, the ampacity rating of a conductor is a circuit design…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will control a light with a switch and learn the basics of connecting toggle (on/off) switches into circuits.
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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
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If we take the equivalent circuit of an SCR and add another external…
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So far, we’ve observed simulations of transformers where the…
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The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
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What is an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), and what…
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Like its bipolar cousin, the field-effect transistor may be used as an…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave rectifier for AC to DC conversion and learn about center-tapped transformers.
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A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple transformer and learn some important transformer fundamentals including voltage step-up and step-down.
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The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…
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Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…
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The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…
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The atoms in insulating materials have very tightly-bound electrons,…
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What will this voltmeter register when connected to a battery as shown…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a BJT differential amplifier and learn about a fundamental building block that is the basis of most operational amplifiers.
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A common phrase heard in reference to electrical safety goes something…
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This tool is designed to calculate the inductance of two parallel wires
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A helpful tool for calculating the impedance of a coaxial cable.
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It was discovered centuries ago that certain types of materials would…
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Another strategy for addressing the problem of secondary electrons…
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When lightning strikes, nearby magnetic compass needles may be seen to…
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Inductive Reactance Capacitive Reactance …
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A similar effect happens in series inductive/capacitive circuits. When…
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Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…
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In instrumentation circuitry, DC signals are often used as analog…
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Most electrical wire is covered in a rubber or plastic coating called…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a parallel resonant inductor-capacitor circuit and learn about oscillation, resonant frequency, and damping.
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Periodic table of chemical elements.
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It used to be with large AC power systems that “power…
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Identify some different ways you can create the sine-wave audio tracks…
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So far, we’ve explored tubes which are totally…
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This tool helps calculate the impedance of an edge-coupled microstrip.
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Note: this is a very unique and useful property of e. As in…
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Capacitors, like all electrical components, have limitations that must…
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The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…
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Consider a circuit for a single-phase AC power system, where a 120…
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In an astable circuit, the output voltage alternates between VCC and 0 volts on a continuous basis. This calculator will help you design an oscillator using a 555 timer IC.
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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A diode is an electronics component made from a combination of a…
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Because it takes energy to force charge to flow against the opposition…
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A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…
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This calculator computes the resonant frequency of a parallel inductor and capacitor "tank" circuit.
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Note the “50 ohm” rating printed on the jacket of the cable. What…
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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a broadside coupled stripline.
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A tool designed to calculate the guided wavelength inside a microstrip.
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A serial-in, parallel-out shift register is similar to the serial-in,…
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Voltage Components in a parallel circuit share the same voltage:…
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