Synchronous Motors

Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

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Wheatstone Bridge Calculator

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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Parallel Resistor Calculator

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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AC Commutator Motors

Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…

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Reluctance Motor

The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…

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Stepper Motors

Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…

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Wound Rotor Induction Motors

A wound rotor induction motor has a stator like a squirrel cage…

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Instrumentation Amplifier Gain Calculator

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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Selsyn (Synchro) Motors

Normally, the rotor windings of a wound rotor induction motor are…

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Brushless DC Motor

Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…

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Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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

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Other Specialized Motors

Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…

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Lorentz Force Calculator

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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AC Instrumentation Transducers

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

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What is Alternating Current (AC)?

Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…

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Microprocessors

Early computer science pioneers such as Alan Turing and John Von…

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DC Mesh Current Analysis

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

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Wires and Connections

Older electrical schematics showed connecting wires crossing, while…

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Negative Feedback OpAmp Circuits

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Design Project: DC Voltage Regulator

It may seem difficult to even start on a project such as this, with no…

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MESFETs

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Design Project: Audio Power Amplifier

Explain how the microphone in your amplifier works. How, exactly, does…

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Rectifier Circuits

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

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Op-amp Circuits

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Characteristic Impedance

Note the “50 ohm” rating printed on the jacket of the cable. What…

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Inductor Transient Response

Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…

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Coax Inductance Calculator

A calculator for computing the inductance of a coaxial cable.

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Computational Circuits

When someone mentions the word “computer,” a digital…

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Digital Lab - S-R Flip-flop Using NAND Gates

In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an edge-triggered S-R flip-flop, learn the difference between a latch and a flip-flop, and experience how a switch bounce can cause logic errors.

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PN Junctions

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

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Mixed-Frequency Signals

What is a harmonic frequency? If an oscillator circuit outputs a…

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Converting Truth Tables into Boolean Expressions

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

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Contributors (2)

Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

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Contributors (16)

Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

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Vol II. Credits

All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

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