High Voltage Ohmmeters

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

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Networks and Busses

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

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Kirchhoff’s Laws

Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…

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DC Lab - Thermoelectricity

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

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AC Lab - Large Induction Motor

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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AC Lab - Sensing AC Magnetic Fields

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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High Voltage Ohmmeters

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

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Instrumentation Amplifier Gain Calculator

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.

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AC Instrumentation Transducers

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

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AC Lab - Induction Motor

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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The Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR)

Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…

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Relay Construction

Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…

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Pressure Unit Conversion Calculator

This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.

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Synchronous Motors

Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

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Network Protocols

Aside from the issues of the physical network (signal types and…

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Stepper Motors

Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…

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Tube Lab - Vacuum Tube Audio Amplifier

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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Electrical Isolation

SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…

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Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…

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DC Lab - Potentiometer as a Rheostat

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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Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

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

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Lenz’s Law and Faraday’s Law Calculator

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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Digital-to-Analog Conversion

If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…

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Impedance Matching With Transformers

Suppose you were to take a 3 kW electric heater rated for 240 VAC and…

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Frequency and Phase Measurement

An important electrical quantity with no equivalent in DC circuits is…

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Electron Tubes

Cathode:   This is the electrode that is heated and emits the…

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Peak to Peak Voltage Calculator (VP-P)

This calculator shows the peak-to-peak voltage (VP-P) value from the peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.

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Design Project: Dual-output AC-DC Power Supply

Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…

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Diodes

A diode is an electronics component made from a combination of a…

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Digital Lab - Digital Combination Lock

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.

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Performance-Based Assessments for Network Analysis Competencies

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Gate Universality

NAND and NOR gates possess a special property: they are universal.…

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Logarithms for Analog Circuits

The concept of a mathematical power is familiar to most students of…

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Rules for Derivatives

Constant rule Rule of sums Rule of differences Product rule Quotient…

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IGFET Amplifiers

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

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Vol III. Credits

All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

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Zener Diodes

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

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Summary of Filters

As lengthy as this chapter has been up to this point, it only begins…

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Light-Pulse Switch

It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…

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IC Fabrication and Packaging

What does it mean if an integrated circuit comes in DIP form? What…

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A 50-Ohm Cable?

Early in my explorations of electricity, I came across a length of…

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Asynchronous Counters

In the previous section, we saw a circuit using one J-K flip-flop that…

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