Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
A practical application of switch and relay logic is in control…
Though it may seem strange to cover the elementary topic of electrical…
All About Contactors When a relay is used to switch a large amount of…
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What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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.
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.
Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…
This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.
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Electromechanical relays used to start and stop high-power electric…
What do you think this logic buffer gate will do, with the output…
As we saw with DC measurement circuits, the circuit configuration…
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
Generators used in battery-charging systems must be regulated so as to…
Since three-phase is used so often for power distribution systems, it…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
A bistable multivibrator has two stable states, as indicated by the…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Steel flat bar, 4 pieces Miscellaneous bolts,…
A practical application of switch and relay logic is in control…
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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
All About Diodes A diode is an electrical device allowing current to…
It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…
In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…
All About Contactors When a relay is used to switch a large amount of…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Suppose you were to take a 3 kW electric heater rated for 240 VAC and…
Bipolar junction transistors (Also known as BJTs) can be used as an…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.
Any kind of switch contact can be designed so that the contacts…
Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Power transformer, 120VAC step-down to 12VAC,…
We’ve already seen one example of a monostable multivibrator in…
Limitations of Electromechanical Relays As versatile as…
“With Electronics Workbench, you can create circuit schematics…
This calculator will help compute the inductance of a length of wire.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use series and parallel resistor networks to precisely adjust the range and zero point of a rheostat.
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two 6 volt batteries One capacitor, 470 µF…
This tool is designed to calculate the value of resistance R1 in a reflection attenuator.
Despite lock-out/tag-out procedures and multiple repetitions of…
Let’s connect three AC voltage sources in series and use complex…
What would happen to this meter movement, if connected directly to a…
So far, we’ve explored tubes which are totally…
Definition of a Logarithm “log” denotes a…
A very common misconception students have about potentiometers is the…
Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the…
This chapter explores the response of capacitors and inductors to…
The instrumentation amplifier calculator will assist in the design and analysis of a conventional instrumentation amplifier circuit by calculating the required resistor values and gain.
This calculator provides three options—basic, intermediate, and advanced—for determining expected battery life for microcontroller, Internet of Things (IoT), and edge processing systems with up to four different operating modes.
A capacitor is a passive two-terminal electronic component that…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
When someone mentions the word “computer,” a digital…
This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a rectangular waveguide
Euler’s Number Euler’s constant is an important value for…
