The discovery of the relationship between magnetism and electricity…
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Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…
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Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…
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Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a multiple LED flasher and learn how to use inductive flyback to generate a voltage pulse that is greater than the supply voltage.
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The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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A special type of relay is one that monitors the current, voltage,…
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A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…
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We’ve already seen one example of a monostable multivibrator in…
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Like its bipolar cousin, the field-effect transistor may be used as an…
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Ladder diagrams are specialized schematics commonly used to document…
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A practical application of switch and relay logic is in control…
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What is an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), and what…
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In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…
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Logic circuits, whether comprised of electromechanical relays or…
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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
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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 switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…
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It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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If we take the equivalent circuit of an SCR and add another external…
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Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…
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A tool designed to convert between units of torque
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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
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Though it may seem strange to cover the elementary topic of electrical…
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SCRs are unidirectional (one-way) current devices, making them useful…
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Like its bipolar cousin, the field-effect transistor may be used as an…
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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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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…
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The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…
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Limitations of Electromechanical Relays As versatile as…
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We can construct a simple logic functions for our hypothetical lamp…
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We’ve already seen one example of a monostable multivibrator in…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) to switch an LED and learn about the current their amplification.
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Though it may seem strange to cover the elementary topic of electrical…
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A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…
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The table of electric currents and their various bodily effects was…
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With simple gate and combinational logic circuits, there is a definite…
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Factoring Identities : a2 - b2 = (a + b) (a - b) a2 + 2ab + b2…
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A modern alternative to sending (binary) digital information via…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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Euler’s Number Euler’s constant is an important value for…
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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure resistance using the ohmmeter function.
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Note: all angles (x) must be expressed in units of radians for these…
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These are the most common types of resistors available. Resistors…
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Explain how the microphone in your amplifier works. How, exactly, does…
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Differential Op-Amp Circuits An op-amp with no feedback is already a…
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AC electromechanical meter movements come in two basic arrangements:…
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In the previous section, we saw a circuit using one J-K flip-flop that…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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This calculator determines the wavelength of a signal given the frequency and dielectric constant.
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A popular use of diodes is for the mitigation of inductive…
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If vectors with uncommon angles are added, their magnitudes (lengths)…
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