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.
This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.
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.
Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…
Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…
Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
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.
Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…
Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
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.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a thermocouple to measure temperature changes and learn about the Seebeck effect.
Point-to-Point Connecting two digital devices with a network, would…
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
Aside from the issues of the physical network (signal types and…
At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.
SPICE analysis of Electrical Isolation Aside from the ability to…
The time constant of a series RC circuit is the product of the resistance and capacitance. Given two of the three values—resistance, capacitance, or RC time constant—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use the frequency spectrum display from an oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn about spectral analysis.
This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.
When first approaching a failed or otherwise misbehaving system, the…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog differentiator circuit that outputs a signal proportional to the rate-of-change and learn about one of the advantages of analog circuits.
This calculator will convert pressure values to ten different standard units for pressure.
Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in series and learn the relationship between the individual battery voltages and the total series voltage.
Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) to switch an LED and learn about the current their amplification.
Instantaneous Values in AC Circuits Pure resistive AC circuit:…
Parallel-in/ serial-out shift registers do everything that the…
With simple gate and combinational logic circuits, there is a definite…
The electrons of different types of atoms have different degrees of…
What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…
The following is a partial list of contributors to the current online…
This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.
This calculator calculates the free space loss, given the distance, frequency, and gain, between two antennas.
As we saw in a few SPICE analyses earlier in this chapter, the output…