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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.

The Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR)

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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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

Relay Construction

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Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…

High Voltage Ohmmeters

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

Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

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

Winding Configurations

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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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

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.

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.

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.

AC Lab - Large Induction Motor

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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.

Electrical Isolation

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SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…

Network Protocols

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

Networks and Busses

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

Tube Lab - Vacuum Tube Audio Amplifier

Textbook

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.

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.

ElectroStatic Discharge

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

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

AC Instrumentation Transducers

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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…

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 - 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.

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.

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…

DC Lab - Thermoelectricity

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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.

Stepper Motors

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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…

Waveguide Calculator (Rectangular)

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This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a rectangular waveguide

Switched Capacitor Circuitry

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Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…

Electron Tubes

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Cathode:   This is the electrode that is heated and emits the…

Si Lab - Multi-stage Amplifier

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, construct a three-stage common-emitter amplifier using bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about multi-stage gain and feedback.

555 Lab - Advanced Red LED Flasher

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a red LED flasher with a transistor drive to control the current and learn how to use transistors to provide current gain and how to limit LED current.

Quantum Physics

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“I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum…

Nonlinear OpAmp Circuits

Worksheets - Relays

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

AC Lab - Phase Shift in a Capacitive Circuit

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple RC circuit that demonstrates phase shift and learn how out-of-phase AC voltages do not add algebraically.

Arithmetic Properties

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Associative Property In addition and multiplication, terms may be…

High-Reliability Circuits

Worksheets - Relays

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

Basic Logic Gate Troubleshooting

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

Ohm’s Law (again!)

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A common phrase heard in reference to electrical safety goes something…

Electron Activity in Chemical Reactions

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So far in our discussions on electricity and electric circuits, we…

Amplifier Circuits

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Note, Q3 and Q4 in the figure below are complementary, NPN and PNP…

An Analogy for Ohm’s Law

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Ohm’s Law also makes intuitive sense if you apply it to the…

Superconductivity

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Conductors lose all of their electrical resistance when cooled to…

Optoelectronic Devices

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In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…

Design Project: Signal Generator

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Explain the principle of operation for the particular integrated…

Capacitors

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Identify some of the different types of capacitors, and their…

The Common-collector Amplifier

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Our next transistor configuration to study is a bit simpler for gain…