Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
A practical application of switch and relay logic is in control…
A popular use of diodes is for the mitigation of inductive…
Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
The discovery of the relationship between magnetism and electricity…
Logic circuits, whether comprised of electromechanical relays or…
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.
Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…
A switch is an electrical component that can “make” or…
All About Diodes A diode is an electrical device allowing current to…
Normally, the ampacity rating of a conductor is a circuit design…
Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
A popular use of diodes is for the mitigation of inductive…
Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…
Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
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.
Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave rectifier for AC to DC conversion and learn about center-tapped transformers.
As we saw with DC measurement circuits, the circuit configuration…
The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
The node voltage method of DC network analysis solves for unknown…
Conductors lose all of their electrical resistance when cooled to…
In simple reactive circuits with little or no resistance, the effects…
A handy all-in-one tool for reading resistor color code values for a 4 band resistor, 5 band resistor, or 6 band resistor.
The concept and measurement units of resistance are most often used…
A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…
Capacitors Vs. Resistors Capacitors do not behave the same as…
There are three basic factors of capacitor construction determining…
So far in our discussions on electricity and electric circuits, we…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple circuit that computes the average of voltages and learn about analog computers and their application.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
The armature windings of your DC motor will have very low resistance.…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build resistive current dividers and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's current law function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.
In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure resistance using the ohmmeter function.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
The most important component of your voltmeter will be the…
A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…
