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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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.
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Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
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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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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…
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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
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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.
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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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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…
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Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…
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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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Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
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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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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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This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.
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At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
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The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is called…
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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.
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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
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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.
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A very useful tool for observing rotating objects is a strobe light.…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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In this hands-on semiconductor experiment, build an improved full-wave rectifier with output filtering and learn about capacitive filtering in AC-to-DC power converters.
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A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test a 2-input digital NAND gate with LED indicators and learn to read pinout diagrams, power a digital IC, connect unused inputs and outputs, and use pulldown resistors.
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Anyone who’s studied geometry should be familiar with the…
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Suppose you were installing a high-power stereo system in your car,…
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As was previously mentioned, we need more than just a continuous path…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a multiple LED flasher and learn how to use inductive flyback to generate a voltage pulse that is greater than the supply voltage.
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In this introduction to series resistance circuits, we will explain…
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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an asymmetric stripline
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A mathematician named DeMorgan developed a pair of important rules…
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A transmission line of infinite length is an interesting abstraction,…
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A similar effect happens in series inductive/capacitive circuits. When…
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