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Stepper Motors

Textbook

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…

AC Instrumentation Transducers

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

Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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

Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

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.

AC Instrumentation Transducers

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

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…

Winding Configurations

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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…

Kirchhoff’s Laws

Worksheets - Robotics

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

Electrical Isolation

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SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…

Stepper Motors

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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…

Network Topology

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Point-to-Point Connecting two digital devices with a network, would…

ElectroStatic Discharge

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

Wheatstone Bridge Calculator

Tools

This calculator helps determine the resistance of a variable resistor within a Wheatstone bridge circuit or the differential voltage created across the bridge terminals.

Lorentz Force Calculator

Tools

This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.

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.

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.

Network Protocols

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

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.

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.

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…

The Cascode Amplifier

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While the C-B (common-base) amplifier is known for wider bandwidth…

Electric Fields and Capacitance

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Introduction Whenever an electric voltage exists between two separated…

Coax Inductance Calculator

Tools

A calculator for computing the inductance of a coaxial cable.

Capacitors

Worksheets - Robotics

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

AC Waveforms

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When an alternator produces AC voltage, the voltage switches polarity…

Resistance, Reactance, and Impedance

Worksheets - Robotics

What will happen to the brightness of the light bulb as the iron core…

Hand Calculator Use

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To enter numbers in scientific notation into a hand calculator, there…

Harmonics in Polyphase Power Systems

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In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…

Analog Lab - PWM Power Controller

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a pulse-width modulator power controller for a light and learn the basics of PWM signals.

Transistors, Insulated-gate Field-effect (IGFET or MOSFET)

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We have the symbols for depletion mode and enhancement mode MOSFETs -…

Binary Subtraction

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We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…

DIP Gate Packaging

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Digital logic gate circuits are manufactured as integrated circuits:…

Converting Truth Tables into Boolean Expressions

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In designing digital circuits, the designer often begins with a truth…

Intro Lab - Ohm’s Law

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Project Overview This project employs all of the skills…

Low-pass Filters

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By definition, a low-pass filter is a circuit offering easy passage to…

Digital Lab - 3-bit Binary Counter

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a 3-bit down counter using J-K flip-flops and learn about asynchronous counter functionality.

The R/2R DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter)

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The R/2R DAC circuit is an alternative to the binary-weighted-input…

Microstrip Inductance Calculator

Tools

This calculator computes the inductance of a microstrip etched on a PCB.

The Command-line Interface

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If you’ve used DOS or UNIX operating systems before in a…

Practical Considerations of ADC Circuits

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Perhaps the most important consideration of an ADC is its resolution.…