Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
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A very useful tool for observing rotating objects is a strobe light.…
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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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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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The armature windings of your DC motor will have very low resistance.…
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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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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use a potentiometer as a variable resistor to control the speed of a motor and learn how to connect a potentiometer as a rheostat.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
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A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…
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A tool designed to convert between units of torque
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Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
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Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an automotive alternator to generate three-phase AC voltage and learn how alternators can function as both generators and motors.
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If an electric current is passed through this wire, which direction…
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The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…
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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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A calculator for computing several parameters needed in the design of a flyback switch mode regulator
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A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna
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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
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Perhaps the most ingenious technique was that of the delay line. A…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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The armature windings of your DC motor will have very low resistance.…
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When plotted on a curve tracer, the characteristic curve for a normal…
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The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an op amp voltage follower and learn about negative feedback in operational amplifier circuits.
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Identify some of the different types of capacitors, and their…
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In many circuit applications, we encounter components connected…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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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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If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…
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For extremely high-frequency applications (above 1 GHz), the…
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A very common misconception students have about potentiometers is the…
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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
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What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…
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Label where each of the following electrical quantities would be found…
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So far, we’ve only been able to escape the sheer volume of…
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(“c” being a constant) RELATED…
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