A tool designed to convert between units of torque
Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…
Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…
PARTS AND MATERIALS AC power source: 120VAC Capacitor, 3.3 µF (or…
A stepper motor is a “digital” version of the electric…
A calculator for computing several parameters needed in the design of a flyback switch mode regulator
The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…
Project Parts and Materials Automotive alternator (one required, but…
Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
How is it possible to electrically measure the torque output by a…
Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…
If an electric current is passed through this wire, which direction…
AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…
At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…
Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…
After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two AAA Batteries Battery Clip (Radio Shack…
What are Simultaneous Equations and Systems of Equations? The terms…
Thyristors are a broad classification of bipolar-conducting…
In any electrically conductive substance, what are charge carriers?…
Electronics is a science, and a very accessible science at that. With…
PARTS AND MATERIALS One 12AX7 dual triode vacuum tube Two power…
As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…
∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
PARTS AND MATERIALS AC power source: 120VAC Capacitor, 3.3 µF (or…
When plotted on a curve tracer, the characteristic curve for a normal…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Operational amplifier, model 1458 or 353…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Low-voltage AC power supply (6-volt output)…
Using the same value components in our series example circuit, we will…
Our exploration of thyristors begins with a device called the…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In the course of learning about electricity, you will want to…
This calculator calculates the resistivity of a component based on its resistance value, length, and cross-sectional area.
A stepper motor is a “digital” version of the electric…
A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…
The first and most straightforward network analysis technique is…
Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
If you’ve used DOS or UNIX operating systems before in a…
Devoting a whole chapter in a modern electronics text to the design…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…
Research the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) guidelines on…
On this page, we’ll outline the three principles you should…
Input impedance varies considerably with the circuit configuration…
Electronics is a science, and a very accessible science at that. With…
PARTS AND MATERIALS One 9V Battery Battery Clip (Radio Shack catalog #…
A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Identify which direction each potentiometer wiper must move in this…
In the previous section, we explored what would happen in simple…
What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
If I needed to describe the distance between two cities, I could…
What will happen to the brightness of the light bulb as the iron core…
In the last section, we saw how the 3rd harmonic and all of its…
