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Switch Types

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Though it may seem strange to cover the elementary topic of electrical…

Protective Relay Circuits

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Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…

Encoders and Decoders

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What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…

Performance-Based Assessments for Digital Circuit Competencies

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Latch Circuits

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What do you think this logic buffer gate will do, with the output…

DC Generator Theory

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Generators used in battery-charging systems must be regulated so as to…

Permissive and Interlock Circuits

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A practical application of switch and relay logic is in control…

AC Bridge Circuits

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As we saw with DC measurement circuits, the circuit configuration…

Bipolar Junction Transistors as Switches

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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…

What is Alternating Current (AC)?

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

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…

Arc Flash and Arc Blast

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Electromechanical relays used to start and stop high-power electric…

Thyristor Application Circuits

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

Electromechanical Relay Logic

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In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…

AC Lab - Large Induction Motor

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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.

Lorentz Force Calculator

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This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.

The Silicon-Controlled Switch (SCS)

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If we take the equivalent circuit of an SCR and add another external…

Series and Parallel AC Circuits

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

Motor Control Circuits

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The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…

Contact “Normal” State and Make/Break Sequence

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Any kind of switch contact can be designed so that the contacts…

Switches

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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?

Other Specialized Motors

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

CMOS Logic Gates

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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…

Switch Contact Design

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A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…

Time Constant Calculations

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

Winding Configurations

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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…

AC Commutator Motors

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

Latch Circuits

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What do you think this logic buffer gate will do, with the output…

Encoders and Decoders

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What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…

Introduction to AC Motors

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After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…

Protective Relay Circuits

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Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…

Lenz’s Law and Faraday’s Law Calculator

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This calculator uses Faraday's and Lenz's laws to calculate the magnitude and polarity of the induced electromotive force (EMF) caused by a change in magnetic flux through a closed-loop coil.

Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…

Monostable Multivibrators

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We’ve already seen one example of a monostable multivibrator in…

Three-phase Transformer Circuits

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Since three-phase is used so often for power distribution systems, it…

AC Bridge Circuits

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As we saw with DC measurement circuits, the circuit configuration…

Heat Sink Calculator

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This calculator helps determine the maximum temperature a device can withstand

DC Generator Theory

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Generators used in battery-charging systems must be regulated so as to…

Polyphase Motor Design

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AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…

Flyback Switch Mode Regulator Calculator

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A calculator for computing several parameters needed in the design of a flyback switch mode regulator

Harmonics in Polyphase Power Systems

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In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…

Temperature Coefficient of Resistance

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It is a common phenomenon for the electrical resistance of a substance…

Numbers and Symbols

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The expression of numerical quantities is something we tend to take…

Decibel Calculator

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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.

Microstrip Inductance Calculator

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This calculator computes the inductance of a microstrip etched on a PCB.

Frequency and Phase Measurement

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An important electrical quantity with no equivalent in DC circuits is…

Conventional Transistor Overview and Special Transistors

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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…

Resonance in Series-Parallel Circuits

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In simple reactive circuits with little or no resistance, the effects…

The common-drain Amplifier (JFET)

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Building Resistor Circuits Using Breadboards, Perfboards, and Terminal Strips

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Over the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…

Converting Between Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits

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Since Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorems are two…

Capacitors

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Identify some of the different types of capacitors, and their…

AC Waveforms

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Radio waves are comprised of oscillating electric and magnetic fields,…

AC Bridge Circuits

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As we saw with DC measurement circuits, the circuit configuration…

Junction field-effect transistors (JFET)

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

Basic Ammeter Use

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Show how this ammeter would be connected to the light bulb circuit to…

Broadside Coupled Stripline Impedance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a broadside coupled stripline.

Voltage and Current in a Practical Circuit

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Because it takes energy to force charge to flow against the opposition…

Contributors (14)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Microstrip Wavelength Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate the guided wavelength inside a microstrip.