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DC Lab - Thermoelectricity

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a thermocouple to measure temperature changes and learn about the Seebeck effect.

AC Lab - Induction Motor

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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.

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…

Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…

High Voltage Ohmmeters

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Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…

ElectroStatic Discharge

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At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…

Networks and Busses

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The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is  called…

Winding Configurations

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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…

Wheatstone Bridge Calculator

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This calculator helps determine the resistance of a variable resistor within a Wheatstone bridge circuit or the differential voltage created across the bridge terminals.

AC Instrumentation Transducers

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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…

AC Lab - Sensing AC Magnetic Fields

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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.

Tube Lab - Vacuum Tube Audio Amplifier

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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.

Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

Instrumentation Amplifier Gain Calculator

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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.

AC Lab - Large Induction Motor

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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.

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

Lenz’s Law and Faraday’s Law Calculator

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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.

The Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR)

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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…

DC Lab - Potentiometer as a Rheostat

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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.

Network Topology

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Point-to-Point Connecting two digital devices with a network, would…

Ohm’s Law Calculator

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Calculate circuit parameters using Ohm's Law

High Voltage Ohmmeters

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Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…

Microprocessor Programming

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The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

What is Alternating Current (AC)?

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Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…

Three-phase Transformer Circuits

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Since three-phase is used so often for power distribution systems, it…

Programmable Logic Technology

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Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…

Si Lab - Half-wave Rectifier

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a half-wave rectifier circuit using a silicon diode and learn about the differences between permanent magnet motor operation on AC vs. DC power.

Resistance, Reactance, and Impedance

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What will happen to the brightness of the light bulb as the iron core…

Microprocessor Programming

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What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…

Junction Diodes

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There was some historic crude, but usable were some historic crude,…

Thevenin’s, Norton’s, and Maximum Power Transfer Theorems

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Suppose a 12 volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 20…

Decimal versus Binary Numeration

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Let’s count from zero to twenty using four different kinds of…

Voltage Multipliers (Doublers, Triplers, Quadruplers, and More)

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A voltage multiplier is a specialized rectifier circuit producing…

Inductance, Reactance, and Admittance Calculator

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This calculator gives the reactance and admittance of an inductor or the inductance given the reactance of an inductor

Design Project: DC Motor

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The armature windings of your DC motor will have very low resistance.…

Switches, Process Actuated

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It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…

Introduction to AC Motors

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After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…

Antiderivatives of Power Functions of e

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  Note: this is a very unique and useful property of e. As in…

Switch Types

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Though it may seem strange to cover the elementary topic of electrical…

Power in Resistive and Reactive AC circuits

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Consider a circuit for a single-phase AC power system, where a 120…