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Electrical Isolation

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SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…

Winding Configurations

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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…

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.

Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

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

Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

Worksheets - Isolation

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

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.

The Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR)

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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

Lorentz Force Calculator

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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.

Network Protocols

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

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.

Electrical Isolation

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SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…

Parallel Resistor Calculator

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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.

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…

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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

Winding Configurations

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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…

Kirchhoff’s Laws

Worksheets - Isolation

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

Stepper Motors

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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…

High Voltage Ohmmeters

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

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.

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.

Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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

Relay Construction

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Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…

AC Resistor Circuits (Inductive)

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Instantaneous Values in AC Circuits Pure resistive AC circuit:…

Open-Loop OpAmp Circuits

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Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…

Resonance in Series-Parallel Circuits

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In simple reactive circuits with little or no resistance, the effects…

The Common-base Amplifier

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The final transistor amplifier configuration (Figure below) we need to…

DC Lab - Series Batteries

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in series and learn the relationship between the individual battery voltages and the total series voltage.

Si Lab - Simple Op Amp

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a custom operational amplifier (op amp) and learn about the application of current mirrors and the use of negative feedback in op amp circuits.

Contributors (5)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Vol IV. Credits

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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

Performance-Based Assessments for Digital Circuit Competencies

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A 50-Ohm Cable?

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

Oscillator Circuits

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Phase shift oscillator. R1C1, R2C2, and R3C3 each provide 60° of…

Microstrip Inductance Calculator

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This calculator computes the inductance of a microstrip etched on a PCB.

Finite State Machines

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Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…

Right Triangle Trigonometry

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  A right triangle is defined as having one angle precisely…

Scientific Notation and Metric Prefixes

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Write the following exponential expressions in expanded form: 101 =…

Op-Amp Practical Considerations

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Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…

Analysis Techniques for Series Parallel Resistor Circuits

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Guidelines to Series-Parallel Combination Circuit Analysis The goal of…

Digital Communication

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

Series Resistor-Inductor Circuits

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In the previous section, we explored what would happen in simple…

Beam Power Tubes

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In the beam power tube, the basic four-element structure of the…