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.
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.
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.
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…
This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a thermocouple to measure temperature changes and learn about the Seebeck effect.
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 instrumentation amplifier calculator will assist in the design and analysis of a conventional instrumentation amplifier circuit by calculating the required resistor values and gain.
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…
Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…
Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
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.
This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.
SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…
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.
Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
Aside from the issues of the physical network (signal types and…
The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
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.
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.
Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…
The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is called…
At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a monostable multivibrator using a 555 timer IC and learn about RC time constant charging and how a one-shot timer operates.
In simple reactive circuits with little or no resistance, the effects…
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.
A high-pass filter’s task is just the opposite of a low-pass…
It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an S-R latch with an enabled input using four NAND gates and learn more about digital circuit functionality.
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.
If we take three equal resistors and connect one end of each to a…
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.
In electric circuits, the three basic quantities are voltage (E or V),…
When calculating the power dissipation of resistive components, we can…
In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of current (4…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a variable conductor and learn the impact of a metal core placed inside an inductor coil has on the inductance.
This calculator helps determine the resistance of a variable resistor within a Wheatstone bridge circuit or the differential voltage created across the bridge terminals.
Conductors lose all of their electrical resistance when cooled to…
This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a wire loop.
The metric system, besides being a collection of measurement units for…