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The Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR)

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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…

Networks and Busses

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

Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

Pressure Unit Conversion Calculator

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

Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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

Kirchhoff’s Laws

Worksheets - Manufacturing

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

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.

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.

Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

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.

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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

ElectroStatic Discharge

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

Bipolar Junction Transistors as Switches

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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…

Stepper Motors

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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

High Voltage Ohmmeters

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

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.

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.

Electrical Isolation

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SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…

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.

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.

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.

Networks and Busses

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

Asynchronous Flip-Flop Inputs

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The normal data inputs to a flip flop (D, S and R, or J and K) are…

Binary Math

Worksheets - Manufacturing

Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…

Ohmmeter Design

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Though mechanical ohmmeter (resistance meter) designs are rarely used…

Series DC Circuits Practice Worksheet with Answers

Worksheets - Manufacturing

In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of current (4…

IGFET Amplifiers

Worksheets - Manufacturing

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

Soldering

Worksheets - Manufacturing

Both soldering irons and soldering guns are tools used in the process…

Stepper Motors

Worksheets - Manufacturing

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

Algebraic Substitution for Electric Circuits

Worksheets - Manufacturing

There are two basic Ohm’s Law equations: one relating voltage,…

Safe Meter Usage

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Using an electrical meter safely and efficiently is perhaps the most…

Batteries

Worksheets - Manufacturing

If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…

Digital Display Circuits

Worksheets - Manufacturing

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

Counters

Worksheets - Manufacturing

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

Circuit Components

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Remember that this tutorial is not exhaustive by any means, and that…

Clamper Circuits

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The circuits in the figure below are known as clampers or DC…

Contributors (14)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Series Resistor-Capacitor Circuits

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In the last section, we learned what would happen in simple…

Input and Output Coupling

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To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…

Stepper Motors

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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…

Contributors (6)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

AC Inductor Circuits

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Resistors vs. Inductors Inductors do not behave the same way as…