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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
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After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…
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Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
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A tool designed to calculate the maximum speed, minimum time per step and maximum power of a stepper motor
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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
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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.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an audio amplifier using a vacuum tube (triode) and learn about voltage transformers, how to build a high-voltage DC power supply, and how to use a transformer for impedance matching.
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At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
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Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…
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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
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How is it possible to electrically measure the torque output by a…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple AC permanent capacitor split-phase induction motor and learn the principles of AC induction motor function.
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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
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A wound rotor induction motor has a stator like a squirrel cage…
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Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…
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As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…
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Normally, the rotor windings of a wound rotor induction motor are…
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After applying some of the general troubleshooting tips to narrow the…
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As a first example of useful combinational logic, let’s build a…
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Voltage Components in a parallel circuit share the same voltage:…
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Logic circuits, whether comprised of electromechanical relays or…
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How is it possible to electrically measure the torque output by a…
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Over the course of the next few chapters, you will learn that AC…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a BJT differential amplifier and learn about a fundamental building block that is the basis of most operational amplifiers.
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AC electromechanical meter movements come in two basic arrangements:…
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Series and Parallel Resistances Series and Parallel…
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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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The expression of numerical quantities is something we tend to take…
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Also known as the stairstep-ramp, or simply counter A/D converter,…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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The fourth example has A partially overlapping B. Though, we will…
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In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…
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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
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While mention of operational amplifiers typically provokes visions of…
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Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…
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Capacitance Formula Permittivity of Dielectric …
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If a strip of conductive metal is stretched, it will become skinnier…
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Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…
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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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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test an automated circuit that sequentially flashes 10 LED, and learn about counters, frequency dividers, and switch debouncing.
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Ladder diagrams are specialized schematics commonly used to document…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog differentiator circuit that outputs a signal proportional to the rate-of-change and learn about one of the advantages of analog circuits.
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What does the normal status of an electrical switch refer to?…
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If we take three equal resistors and connect one end of each to a…
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Value of time constant in series RC and RL circuits Time…
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We can take the same components from the series circuit and rearrange…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple circuit that will teach you how to use a commutating diode to reduce inductive kickback.
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Over the course of the next few chapters, you will learn that AC…
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One of the more fascinating applications of electricity is in the…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an AC voltage source connected to speakers to learn about sound waves and the foundational principle used in noise cancelling headphones.
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Because batteries create current flow in a circuit by exchanging…
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A popular use of diodes is for the mitigation of inductive…
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A special type of relay is one that monitors the current, voltage,…
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