In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a thermocouple to measure temperature changes and learn about the Seebeck effect.
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.
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…
At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is called…
Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…
This calculator helps determine the resistance of a variable resistor within a Wheatstone bridge circuit or the differential voltage created across the bridge terminals.
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
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.
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.
The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
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.
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.
Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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.
Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…
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.
Point-to-Point Connecting two digital devices with a network, would…
Calculate circuit parameters using Ohm's Law
Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…
The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…
Since three-phase is used so often for power distribution systems, it…
Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
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.
What will happen to the brightness of the light bulb as the iron core…
What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
There was some historic crude, but usable were some historic crude,…
Suppose a 12 volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 20…
Let’s count from zero to twenty using four different kinds of…
A voltage multiplier is a specialized rectifier circuit producing…
This calculator gives the reactance and admittance of an inductor or the inductance given the reactance of an inductor
The armature windings of your DC motor will have very low resistance.…
It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…
After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…
Note: this is a very unique and useful property of e. As in…
Though it may seem strange to cover the elementary topic of electrical…
Consider a circuit for a single-phase AC power system, where a 120…
