Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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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.
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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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.
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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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Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…
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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
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The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is called…
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Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
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Point-to-Point Connecting two digital devices with a network, would…
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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.
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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.
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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…
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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
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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.
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This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.
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Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…
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Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…
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The R/2R DAC circuit is an alternative to the binary-weighted-input…
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Long before the advent of digital electronic technology, computers…
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A calculator designed to calculate the maximum current that a stripline can handle
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What is Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)? The principle known as…
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When connecting batteries together to form larger “banks”…
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When lightning strikes, nearby magnetic compass needles may be seen to…
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Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…
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Value of time constant in series RC and RL circuits Time…
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We can take the same components from the series circuit and rearrange…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Seeing as how a common meter movement can be made to function as a…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Of course, there is a danger of electrical shock when directly…
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This calculator computes the inductance of a wire coil.
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Dielectric strength in kilovolts per inch (kV/in): Material*…
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The superposition theorem is one of those strokes of genius that takes…
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As we saw earlier, a power system with no secure connection to earth…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a precision potentiometer from three lower precision potentiometer and learn about voltage range compression and parameter interactions.
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To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…
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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for a non-inverting Op-Amp
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