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PARTS AND MATERIALS AC power source: 120VAC Capacitor, 3.3 µF…
Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
Project Parts and Materials Automotive alternator (one required, but…
The armature windings of your DC motor will have very low resistance.…
As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…
This calculator uses Faraday's and Lenz's laws to calculate the magnitude and polarity of the induced electromotive force (EMF) caused by a change in magnetic flux through a closed-loop coil.
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a multiple LED flasher and learn how to use inductive flyback to generate a voltage pulse that is greater than the supply voltage.
Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
Generators used in battery-charging systems must be regulated so as to…
Normally, the rotor windings of a wound rotor induction motor are…
A calculator for computing several parameters needed in the design of a flyback switch mode regulator
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Determine the output voltage polarity of this op-amp (with reference…
This tool calculates the dimensions of the microstrip patch antenna given the desired operating frequency.
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This calculator calculates the resistivity of a component based on its resistance value, length, and cross-sectional area.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a digital combination lock with LED output indicators and learn about XOR gate functionality and how to implement NOR logic functionality using diodes.
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Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…
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Designing Wire Resistance Conductor ampacity rating is a crude…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a high-impedance voltmeter and learn about circuit loading and how to use op amps to reduce loading effects.
So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…
Definition of a Radical Given the expression where “x” is…
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The Inductance Formula Wheeler’s formulas for…
All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
What will happen to the brightness of the light bulb as the iron core…
Valence: The electrons in the outermost shell, or valence shell, are…
Because batteries create current flow in a circuit by exchanging…
What do we do if we come across a circuit more complex than the simple…
Periodic table of chemical elements.
A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…
In this motor control circuit, how would you ensure that there is no…
Constant rule Rule of sums Rule of differences Product rule Quotient…
Note, Q3 and Q4 in the figure below are complementary, NPN and PNP…
∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
This tool is designed to calculate the inductance of two parallel wires
If I needed to describe the distance between two cities, I could…
In instrumentation circuitry, DC signals are often used as analog…
The most important component of your voltmeter will be the…
Just like voltmeters, ammeters tend to influence the amount of current…
This calculator helps determine the resistance of a variable resistor within a Wheatstone bridge circuit or the differential voltage created across the bridge terminals.
It should be common-sense knowledge that liquids flow through…
A parallel circuit is often called a current divider for its ability…
Read-only memory (ROM) is similar in design to static or dynamic RAM…
Provide a definition for phasor, as the term applies to electrical…
Synchronous motors load the power line with a leading power factor.…
JFETs, like bipolar transistors, are able to “throttle”…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use series and parallel resistor networks to precisely adjust the range and zero point of a rheostat.
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a half-wave rectifier circuit using a silicon diode and learn about the differences between permanent magnet motor operation on AC vs. DC power.
