Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
Both soldering irons and soldering guns are tools used in the process…
A common phrase heard in reference to electrical safety goes something…
Both soldering irons and soldering guns are tools used in the process…
Despite lock-out/tag-out procedures and multiple repetitions of…
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A tool designed to calculate skin depth based on the conductive material being used and the frequency of the signal.
Certain substances are known to physically deform (shorten or…
The Skin Depth of Copper in Electrical Engineering As previously…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…
It is sometimes said regarding electrical safety that, Ït’s not the…
It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…
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A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
Superconducting devices, though not widely used, have some unique…
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“I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum…
Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…
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Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
A waveguide is a special form of transmission line consisting of a…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two 6-volt batteries Two NPN…
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SCRs are unidirectional (one-way) current devices, making them useful…
This calculator calculates the free space loss, given the distance, frequency, and gain, between two antennas.
PARTS AND MATERIALS Several 10 kΩ resistors One 10 kΩ…
In electric circuits, the three basic quantities are voltage (E or V),…
A wound rotor induction motor has a stator like a squirrel cage…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two AAA Batteries Battery Clip (Radio Shack…
You might have noticed on the table for specific resistances that all…
Although transistor switching circuits operate without bias, it is…
A calculator designed to compute the power-added efficiency (PAE) of an amplifier
So far, we’ve observed simulations of transformers where the…
Another strategy for addressing the problem of secondary electrons…
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In the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…
The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
