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Motor Control Circuits

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The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…

AC Instrumentation Transducers

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

Bipolar Junction Transistors as Switches

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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…

Oscilloscope Trigger Controls

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

Single-phase Induction Motors

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

Inductive Reactance

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

What is Alternating Current (AC)?

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

Servo Motor Systems

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Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…

AC Motor Control Circuits

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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

DC Motor Control Circuits

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

AC Generator Theory

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If an electric current is passed through this wire, which direction…

Stepper Motors

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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…

Pulse Width Modulation

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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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

Design Project: Stepper Motor Driver

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At first it may seem pointless to have the four buffer gates following…

DC Motor Theory

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If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…

Single-phase Induction Motors

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

AC Motor Control Circuits

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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

AC Motor Theory

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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…

AC Generator Theory

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If an electric current is passed through this wire, which direction…

Polyphase Motor Design

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

AC Instrumentation Transducers

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

Boolean Algebra

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

AC Lab - Large Induction Motor

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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.

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

Pulse Width Modulation

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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…

Selsyn (Synchro) Motors

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Normally, the rotor windings of a wound rotor induction motor are…

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

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.

Stepper Motors

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

Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…

Introduction to AC Motors

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After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…

Brushless DC Motor

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Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…

DC Generator Theory

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

Other Specialized Motors

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

Semiconductor Devices in SPICE

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The SPICE (Simulation Program, Integrated Circuit Emphesis)…

Time Constant Calculations

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

Edge Coupled Stripline Impedance Calculator

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A calculator for computing the impedance of an edge coupled stripline.

Optoelectronic Devices

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In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…

High-Reliability Circuits

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

Power Density Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna

Microstrip Wavelength Calculator

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

Introduction to Mixed-Frequency AC Signals

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In our study of AC circuits thus far, we’ve explored circuits…

JFET Amplifiers

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

Parallel Resistor Calculator

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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.

The Exclusive-OR Function: The XOR Gate

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What Is an XOR Gate? One element conspicuously missing from the set of…

DC Lab - Potentiometer as a Rheostat

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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.

Digital Lab - Basic 2-Input NAND Gate Circuit

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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 5 & 6-variable Karnaugh Maps

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Larger Karnaugh maps reduce larger logic designs. How large is large…

Waveguide Calculator (Rectangular)

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This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a rectangular waveguide

Battery Ratings

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Because batteries create current flow in a circuit by exchanging…

Table (portrait view)

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  Periodic table of chemical elements.

Microphones

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Explain how a moving-coil, or dynamic microphone works. Identify how…

Divided Feedback

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If we add a voltage divider to the negative feedback wiring so that…

Contributors (15)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…