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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Ladder diagrams are specialized schematics commonly used to document…
All About Contactors When a relay is used to switch a large amount of…
We can construct a simple logic functions for our hypothetical lamp…
What does the normal status of an electrical switch refer to?…
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.
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
Like its bipolar cousin, the field-effect transistor may be used as an…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Electromechanical relays used to start and stop high-power electric…
If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…
The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…
What is an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), and what…
A wound rotor induction motor has a stator like a squirrel cage…
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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
Any kind of switch contact can be designed so that the contacts…
“All men are liable to error;” —John Locke Whereas…
After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…
It used to be with large AC power systems that “power…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In many circuit applications, we encounter components connected…
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…
In electric circuits, the three basic quantities are voltage (E or V),…
There are not too many circuit symbols for bipolar transistors. There…
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The Bel is Used to Represent Gain In its simplest form, an…
In the previous section, we saw a circuit using one J-K flip-flop that…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a pulse-width modulator power controller for a light and learn the basics of PWM signals.
Because the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in…
Remember that this tutorial is not exhaustive by any means, and that…
Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a thermocouple to measure temperature changes and learn about the Seebeck effect.
Current Source It is possible through the use of electronic amplifiers…
The atoms in insulating materials have very tightly-bound electrons,…
Parallel-in/ serial-out shift registers do everything that the…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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.
This calculator computes the inductance of a wire coil.
A tool designed to convert RF power from watts to decibels and vice versa
There are circumstances when you may need to analyze a DC reactive…
Differential Op-Amp Circuits An op-amp with no feedback is already a…
The Law of Sines (for any triangle) The Law of Cosines (for any…
Capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, and…
Because it takes energy to force charge to flow against the opposition…
Associative Property In addition and multiplication, terms may be…
The superposition theorem is one of those strokes of genius that takes…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Schmitt trigger using a 555 timer and learn about hysteresis and the inner workings of the extremely versatile 555 timer IC.
It is imperative to understand that the type of numeration system used…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will compare the resistance of a lamp filament in its on and off states and learn about nonlinear resistances by applying Ohm's law.
OK, so how exactly can we represent AC quantities of voltage or…
If a block of P-type semiconductor is placed in contact with a block…
There are many different types of power sources, and here some of the…
This calculator computes the inductance of a microstrip etched on a PCB.
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a custom operational amplifier (op amp) and learn about the application of current mirrors and the use of negative feedback in op amp circuits.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Class B push-pull audio amplifier to drive a speaker and learn about crossover distortion and how to minimize it using negative feedback.
