Electrical Isolation

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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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Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

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

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Winding Configurations

Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…

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Wheatstone Bridge Calculator

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

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Electrical Isolation

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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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Stepper Motors

Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…

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Synchronous Motors

Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

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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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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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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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ElectroStatic Discharge

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

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Relay Construction

Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…

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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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Network Protocols

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

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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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The Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR)

Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…

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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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Network Topology

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

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Winding Configurations

Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…

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Programmable Logic Controllers

The Programmable Logic Controller, or PLC, was invented in the late…

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Digital Display Circuits

What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…

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Switches, Process Actuated

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

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Overcurrent Protection

What hazards might be posed by a circuit with excessive current going…

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Conductor Ampacity

The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…

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Positive Feedback

As we’ve seen, negative feedback is an incredibly useful…

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Contributors (13)

Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

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Noise Figure and Noise Temperature Calculator

This calculator computes the noise figure and noise temperature in a system

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Kirchhoff’s Current Law (KCL)

What Is Kirchhoff’s Current Law? Kirchhoff’s Current Law,…

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AC Lab - Build a Transformer

In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple transformer and learn some important transformer fundamentals including voltage step-up and step-down.

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Factors Affecting Capacitance

There are three basic factors of capacitor construction determining…

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Contributors (16)

Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

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Tubes versus Semiconductors

Devoting a whole chapter in a modern electronics text to the design…

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The common-drain Amplifier (JFET)

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Safe Practices

If at all possible, shut off the power to a circuit before performing…

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Capacitance

Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…

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Relay Construction

Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…

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Practical Considerations - Transformers

Power Capacity As has already been observed, transformers must be well…

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AC Negative Feedback OpAmp Circuits

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

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