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The Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR)

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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…

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.

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…

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

Worksheets - Relays

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

Relay Construction

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Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…

The Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR)

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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…

Pressure Unit Conversion Calculator

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

Winding Configurations

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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…

ElectroStatic Discharge

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

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.

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.

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.

Kirchhoff’s Laws

Worksheets - Relays

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

Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

Worksheets - Relays

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

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.

Relay Construction

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Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…

Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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

Parallel Resistor Calculator

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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.

Bipolar Junction Transistors as Switches

Worksheets - Relays

Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…

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.

Networks and Busses

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

Electrical Isolation

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SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…

AC Instrumentation Transducers

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

High Voltage Ohmmeters

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

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.

Sequences

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Arithmetic Sequences An arithmetic sequence is a series of numbers…

Mutual Inductors

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Mutual inductors are inductors that capitalize the effect of mutual…

Delta-Sigma ADC

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One of the more advanced ADC technologies is the so-called…

Introduction to Conductance and Conductors

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By now you should be well aware of the correlation between electrical…

General Troubleshooting Tips

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When first approaching a failed or otherwise misbehaving system, the…

Intermediate Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

Worksheets - Relays

As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…

Some Examples with AC Circuits

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Let’s connect three AC voltage sources in series and use complex…

Capacitor Impedance Calculator

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This tool calculates a capacitor's reactance for a given capacitance value and signal frequency.

Junction Diodes

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There was some historic crude, but usable were some historic crude,…

Square Wave Signals

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It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…

Si Lab - Full-wave Center-tap Rectifier

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave rectifier for AC to DC conversion and learn about center-tapped transformers.

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.

Half-Adder

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As a first example of useful combinational logic, let’s build a…

Digital Logic With Feedback

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With simple gate and combinational logic circuits, there is a definite…

Vol III. Credits

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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

How to Calculate Power in a Series and Parallel Circuit

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When calculating the power dissipation of resistive components, we can…

Solving Series and Parallel Circuits With the Table Method and Ohm’s Law

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The table method provides a structured methodology for ensuring you…

Static Electricity

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It was discovered centuries ago that certain types of materials would…

Si Lab - Differential Amplifier

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a BJT differential amplifier and learn about a fundamental building block that is the basis of most operational amplifiers.

Simple Vector Addition

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Remember that vectors are mathematical objects just like numbers on a…