What is an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), and what…
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A special type of relay is one that monitors the current, voltage,…
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It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…
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Logic circuits, whether comprised of electromechanical relays or…
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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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It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple circuit that will teach you how to use a commutating diode to reduce inductive kickback.
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A calculator for computing several parameters needed in the design of a flyback switch mode regulator
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A bistable multivibrator has two stable states, as indicated by the…
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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
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As we saw with DC measurement circuits, the circuit configuration…
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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
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AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…
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Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…
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A practical application of switch and relay logic is in control…
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What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…
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In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test digital circuits and learn the fundamentals of digital logic circuits, including gates, counters, logic levels, hysteresis, memory, and more.
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Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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What do we do if we come across a circuit more complex than the simple…
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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a programmable non-inverting amplifier and learn how to use the negative feedback of an operational amplifier to control the gain.
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Parallel-in/ serial-out shift registers do everything that the…
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A helpful tool for calculating the impedance of a coaxial cable.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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It is a common phenomenon for the electrical resistance of a substance…
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A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…
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In this motor control circuit, how would you ensure that there is no…
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The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is called…
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A modern alternative to sending (binary) digital information via…
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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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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a precision potentiometer from three lower precision potentiometer and learn about voltage range compression and parameter interactions.
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When connecting batteries together to form larger “banks”…
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If a block of P-type semiconductor is placed in contact with a block…
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A very common misconception students have about potentiometers is the…
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This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a rectangular waveguide
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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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Older electrical schematics showed connecting wires crossing, while…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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The Skin Depth of Copper in Electrical Engineering As previously…
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Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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The armature windings of your DC motor will have very low resistance.…
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The logic simplification examples that we have done so far could have…
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When an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, what…
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This calculator determines the wavelength of a signal given the frequency and dielectric constant.
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If the output of a shift register is fed back to the input. a ring…
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Superconducting devices, though not widely used, have some unique…
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Reactive Power We know that reactive loads such as inductors and…
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The fourth example has A partially overlapping B. Though, we will…
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In the last section, we learned what would happen in simple…
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In addition to voltage and current, there is another important…
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A common phrase heard in reference to electrical safety goes something…
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