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AC Commutator Motors

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Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…

Linear Computational Circuitry

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

Basic Troubleshooting Strategies

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A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…

Tube Lab - Vacuum Tube Audio Amplifier

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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.

What is Alternating Current (AC)?

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Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…

Boolean Algebra

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

Polyphase Motor Design

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AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…

Oscilloscope Trigger Controls

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A very useful tool for observing rotating objects is a strobe light.…

DC Motor Control Circuits

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How is it possible to electrically measure the torque output by a…

AC Commutator Motors

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Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…

Other Specialized Motors

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Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…

AC Instrumentation Transducers

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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…

Stepper Motor Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate the maximum speed, minimum time per step and maximum power of a stepper motor

Stepper Motors

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

Contactors

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All About Contactors When a relay is used to switch a large amount of…

DC Generator Theory

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Generators used in battery-charging systems must be regulated so as to…

Electric Shock

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It is sometimes said regarding electrical safety that, Ït’s not the…

Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…

Torque Conversion Calculator

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A tool designed to convert between units of torque

Single-phase Induction Motors

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A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…

AC Bridge Circuits

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As we saw with DC measurement circuits, the circuit configuration…

Special-output Gates

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Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…

Op-Amp Voltage and Gain Calculator

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A calculator for computing the gain and output voltage of an operational amplifier

Inductors

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An inductor is a passive two-terminal electrical component that…

Gas Discharge Tubes

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If you’ve ever witnessed a lightning storm, you’ve seen…

Antiderivatives of Power Functions of e

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  Note: this is a very unique and useful property of e. As in…

Larger 4-variable Karnaugh Maps

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Knowing how to generate Gray code should allow us to build larger…

SPICE Quirks

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“Garbage in, garbage out.” —Anonymous   SPICE…

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

Contributors (3)

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<p> Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological…

Calculating Power Factor

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As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…

Tube Lab - Vacuum Tube Audio Amplifier

Textbook

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.

Si Lab - Bipolar Transistor as a Switch

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) to switch an LED and learn about the current their amplification.

Optothyristors

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Like bipolar transistors, SCRs and TRIACs are also manufactured as…

Don’t Care Cells in the Karnaugh Map

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Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…

AC Lab - Variable Inductor

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a variable conductor and learn the impact of a metal core placed inside an inductor coil has on the inductance.

Ohm’s Law Practice Worksheet With Answers

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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.

R, L and C Summary

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With the notable exception of calculations for power (P), all AC…

Ohmmeter Design

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Though mechanical ohmmeter (resistance meter) designs are rarely used…

Microstrip Wavelength Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate the guided wavelength inside a microstrip.