The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
A very useful tool for observing rotating objects is a strobe light.…
A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…
Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
How is it possible to electrically measure the torque output by a…
If an electric current is passed through this wire, which direction…
Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…
If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…
A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
If an electric current is passed through this wire, which direction…
AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…
Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a large AC permanent capacitor split-phase induction motor and learn the principles of AC induction motor function.
Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
Normally, the rotor windings of a wound rotor induction motor are…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
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.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…
Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…
Generators used in battery-charging systems must be regulated so as to…
Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…
The SPICE (Simulation Program, Integrated Circuit Emphesis)…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
A calculator for computing the impedance of an edge coupled stripline.
In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna
A tool designed to calculate the guided wavelength inside a microstrip.
In our study of AC circuits thus far, we’ve explored circuits…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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.
What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…
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.
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test a 2-input digital NAND gate with LED indicators and learn to read pinout diagrams, power a digital IC, connect unused inputs and outputs, and use pulldown resistors.
Larger Karnaugh maps reduce larger logic designs. How large is large…
This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a rectangular waveguide
Because batteries create current flow in a circuit by exchanging…
Periodic table of chemical elements.
Explain how a moving-coil, or dynamic microphone works. Identify how…
If we add a voltage divider to the negative feedback wiring so that…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
