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.
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Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…
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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.
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will sense AC magnetic fields using a simple wire coil and learn about AC signal coupling, orientation effects, and the impact of shielding using different materials.
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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.
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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
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Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an audio amplifier using a vacuum tube (triode) and learn about voltage transformers, how to build a high-voltage DC power supply, and how to use a transformer for impedance matching.
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Calculate the equivalent resistance of up to six resistors in parallel with ease while learning how to calculate resistance in parallel and the parallel resistance formula.
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Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
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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.
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Aside from the issues of the physical network (signal types and…
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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
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The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is called…
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This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.
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At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
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Point-to-Point Connecting two digital devices with a network, would…
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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
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Sometimes it is necessary to determine the length of time that a…
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De Forest’s Audion tube came to be known as the triode tube…
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Since complex numbers are legitimate mathematical entities, just like…
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(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…
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A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna
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When lightning strikes, nearby magnetic compass needles may be seen to…
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Series and Parallel Resistances Series and Parallel…
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Mutual inductors are inductors that capitalize the effect of mutual…
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This balanced attenuator calculator helps you determine the resistor (R1) values for a balanced attenuator.
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An unbalanced Wheatstone bridge cannot be solved using simple series…
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A similar effect happens in series inductive/capacitive circuits. When…
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Define what noise means, in the electrical sense of the word. How does…
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Inductive Reactance Capacitive Reactance …
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The choice of step-down transformers to use in a project such as this…
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Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…
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A very useful tool for observing rotating objects is a strobe light.…
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SCRs are unidirectional (one-way) current devices, making them useful…
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Differential Op-Amp Circuits An op-amp with no feedback is already a…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use the frequency spectrum display from an oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn about spectral analysis.
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When a transistor is in the fully-off state (like an open switch), it…
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