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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Aside from the issues of the physical network (signal types and…
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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…
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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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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
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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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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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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
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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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This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.
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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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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…
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The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is called…
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Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
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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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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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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an S-R latch with an enabled input using four NAND gates and learn more about digital circuit functionality.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a high-impedance voltmeter and learn about circuit loading and how to use op amps to reduce loading effects.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build resistive current dividers and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's current law function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use an LED as a light-sensitive photodetector and learn how to use a bipolar transistor in a common-emitter amplifier configuration.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will perform a 4-wire Kelvin resistance measurement and learn how to accurately measure resistance.
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When lightning strikes, nearby magnetic compass needles may be seen to…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…
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Constant rule Rule of sums Rule of differences Product rule Quotient…
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AC ANALYSIS: General form: .ac [curve] [points] [start] [final]…
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Notice something important here: taking the derivative of f(x)…
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It used to be with large AC power systems that “power…
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Certain substances are known to physically deform (shorten or…
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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure resistance using the ohmmeter function.
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Note that the direction of the arrow at the gate indicates the…
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