Selsyn (Synchro) Motors

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

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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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Wound Rotor Induction Motors

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

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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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Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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

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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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Synchronous Motors

Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

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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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Other Specialized Motors

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

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Stepper Motors

Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…

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Flash ADC

Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…

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AC Instrumentation Transducers

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

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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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Brushless DC Motor

Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…

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Reluctance Motor

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

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Wavelength (TEM) Calculator

This calculator determines the wavelength of a signal given the frequency and dielectric constant.

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Contributors (9)

Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

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Power Sources

There are many different types of power sources, and here some of the…

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Flash ADC

Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…

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Atomic Structure

Shown here is a simplified representation of an atom: the smallest…

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Transistor Ratings and Packages (JFET)

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Nonlinear Conduction

“Advances are made by answering questions. Discoveries are made…

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Phase-Locked Loops

This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…

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General Troubleshooting Tips

When first approaching a failed or otherwise misbehaving system, the…

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Digital Logic Signals

A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…

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Simulating JFET Circuits Using LTspice

Learn about junction field effect transistors (JFETs), their equations, and how to model and simulate JFETs in LTspice.

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Oscilloscope Trigger Controls

A very useful tool for observing rotating objects is a strobe light.…

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Millman’s Theorem

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

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Ring Counters

If the output of a shift register is fed back to the input. a ring…

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Introduction to Operational Amplifiers (Op-amps)

What is an Operational Amplifier (Op-amp)? Operational Amplifiers,…

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LC Tank Circuit Resonance Calculator

This calculator computes the resonant frequency of a parallel inductor and capacitor "tank" circuit.

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DC Mesh Current Analysis

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

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Time-delay Relays

What are Time-Delay Relays? Some relays are constructed with a kind of…

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Modern Nonmechanical Memory

Now we can proceed to studying specific types of digital storage…

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CMOS Logic Gates

Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…

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