This calculator helps determine the maximum temperature a device can withstand
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) to switch an LED and learn about the current their amplification.
If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…
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Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…
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.
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A calculator for computing several parameters needed in the design of a flyback switch mode regulator
Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…
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Ladder diagrams are specialized schematics commonly used to document…
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All About Diodes A diode is an electrical device allowing current to…
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.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a digital combination lock with LED output indicators and learn about XOR gate functionality and how to implement NOR logic functionality using diodes.
Normally, the rotor windings of a wound rotor induction motor are…
AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…
A popular use of diodes is for the mitigation of inductive…
Certain substances are known to physically deform (shorten or…
We’ve already seen one example of a monostable multivibrator in…
We know that the current in a series circuit may be calculated with…
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The time constant of a series RC circuit is the product of the resistance and capacitance. Given two of the three values—resistance, capacitance, or RC time constant—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.
Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…
Learn about junction field effect transistors (JFETs), their equations, and how to model and simulate JFETs in LTspice.
In addition to voltage and current, there is another important…
If I needed to describe the distance between two cities, I could…
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.
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Euler’s Number Euler’s constant is an important value for…
Arithmetic Sequences An arithmetic sequence is a series of numbers…
Inductors, like all electrical components, have limitations which must…
Our exploration of thyristors begins with a device called the…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, an electronic musical keyboard will be used as a variable-frequency AC signal generator to learn the difference between AC amplitude and frequency.
As we saw with DC measurement circuits, the circuit configuration…
The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave rectifier for AC to DC conversion and learn about center-tapped transformers.
There are two basic Ohm’s Law equations: one relating voltage,…
What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
With the notable exception of calculations for power (P), all AC…
No text on electrical metering could be called complete without a…
Reactive Power We know that reactive loads such as inductors and…
At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
In simple reactive circuits with little or no resistance, the effects…
In the last section, we learned what would happen in simple…
Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
We know that the current in a series circuit may be calculated with…
You may have wondered where we got that strange equation for the…
It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…
Despite lock-out/tag-out procedures and multiple repetitions of…
A calculator for computing several parameters needed in the design of a flyback switch mode regulator
Input Voltages for Logic Gates Logic gate circuits are designed to…
As strange as it may seem, any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform is…
A calculator for computing the inductance of a coaxial cable.
