In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use a potentiometer as a variable resistor to control the speed of a motor and learn how to connect a potentiometer as a rheostat.
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Ladder diagrams are specialized schematics commonly used to document…
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Limitations of Electromechanical Relays As versatile as…
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In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…
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Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…
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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
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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.
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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We can construct a simple logic functions for our hypothetical lamp…
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The discovery of the relationship between magnetism and electricity…
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As we saw with DC measurement circuits, the circuit configuration…
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How is it possible to electrically measure the torque output by a…
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What does the normal status of an electrical switch refer to?…
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A popular use of diodes is for the mitigation of inductive…
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Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
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Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…
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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
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Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…
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With simple series circuits, all components are connected end-to-end…
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A helpful tool for calculating the impedance of a wire microstrip.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in parallel to power a light and learn the relationship between the individual battery currents and the total system current.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will construct a voltage detector with adjustable sensitivity and audio output, and you will learn a method for detecting small electrical signals without an oscilloscope.
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In many circuit applications, we encounter components connected…
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In Millman’s Theorem, the circuit is re-drawn as a parallel…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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In this motor control circuit, how would you ensure that there is no…
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Electromechanical relays used to start and stop high-power electric…
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Resistors vs. Inductors Inductors do not behave the same way as…
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Calculate the equivalent resistance of up to six resistors in parallel with ease while learning how to calculate resistance in parallel and the parallel resistance formula.
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“The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of…
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What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…
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Suppose a 12 volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 20…
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The Q, or quality, factor of a resonant circuit is a measure of the…
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Value of time constant in series RC and RL circuits Time…
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The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use an LED as a light-sensitive photodetector and learn how to use a bipolar transistor in a common-emitter amplifier configuration.
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We’ve already seen one example of a monostable multivibrator in…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will construct a voltage detector with adjustable sensitivity and audio output, and you will learn a method for detecting small electrical signals without an oscilloscope.
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This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a Pi Attenuator.
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Often in the course of designing and building electrical meter…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a monostable multivibrator using a 555 timer IC and learn about RC time constant charging and how a one-shot timer operates.
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The time constant of a series RC circuit is the product of the resistance and capacitance. Given two of the three values—resistance, capacitance, or RC time constant—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.
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Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an automotive alternator to generate three-phase AC voltage and learn how alternators can function as both generators and motors.
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This calculator computes for the capacitor charge time and energy, given the supply voltage and the added series resistance.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Note: all angles (x) must be expressed in units of radians for these…
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Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential…
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Practical Benefit of Active Devices The practical benefit of active…
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The fourth example has A partially overlapping B. Though, we will…
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This calculator computes the resonant frequency of a parallel inductor and capacitor "tank" circuit.
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Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…
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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…
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Guidelines to Series-Parallel Combination Circuit Analysis The goal of…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a battery-operated circuit with a light and learn about open and short circuit failures.
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What, exactly, is necessary to establish electrical continuity between…
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