Normally, the rotor windings of a wound rotor induction motor are…
Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…
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.
Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
This calculator helps determine the resistance of a variable resistor within a Wheatstone bridge circuit or the differential voltage created across the bridge terminals.
Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…
Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.
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.
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
A wound rotor induction motor has a stator like a squirrel cage…
The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…
Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…
In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure voltage using the voltmeter function.
This tool is designed to compute for the trace width of a microstrip
If your event sensing switch is mechanical in nature, you will likely…
An important electrical quantity with no equivalent in DC circuits is…
As an instructor of electronics, I am called upon frequently to help…
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In many circuit applications, we encounter components connected…
Capacitors Vs. Resistors Capacitors do not behave the same as…
Our next transistor configuration to study is a bit simpler for gain…
Synchronous motors load the power line with a leading power factor.…
You may have wondered where we got that strange equation for the…
So far we know that AC voltage alternates in polarity and AC current…
Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
The concept of a mathematical power is familiar to most students of…
Cathode: This is the electrode that is heated and emits the…
Resonance in a Tank Circuit A condition of resonance will be…
Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…
In Millman’s Theorem, the circuit is re-drawn as a parallel…
Current Source It is possible through the use of electronic amplifiers…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
Dielectric strength in kilovolts per inch (kV/in): Material*…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
Valence: The electrons in the outermost shell, or valence shell, are…
Insulated gate field-effect transistors are unipolar devices just like…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an electromagnet and learn about electromagnetism including the relationship of magnetic polarity to current flow.
The most important component of your voltmeter will be the…
Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…
This calculator computes the inductance of a wire coil.
Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Schmitt trigger using a 555 timer and learn about hysteresis and the inner workings of the extremely versatile 555 timer IC.
AC electromechanical meter movements come in two basic arrangements:…
The Inductance Formula Wheeler’s formulas for…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
You might have been wondering how charges can continuously flow in a…
