The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…
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Generators used in battery-charging systems must be regulated so as to…
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If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…
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Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…
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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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How is it possible to electrically measure the torque output by a…
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All About Contactors When a relay is used to switch a large amount of…
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The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…
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Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…
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A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
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A very useful tool for observing rotating objects is a strobe light.…
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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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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
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A wound rotor induction motor has a stator like a squirrel cage…
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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
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Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…
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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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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…
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Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
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Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…
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Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…
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AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…
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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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The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…
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Normally, the rotor windings of a wound rotor induction motor are…
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Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
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All About Contactors When a relay is used to switch a large amount of…
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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
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A practical application of switch and relay logic is in control…
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When first approaching a failed or otherwise misbehaving system, the…
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A calculator for computing the inductance of a coaxial cable.
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What Is an Instrumentation Amplifier? An instrumentation amplifier…
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Inductive Reactance Capacitive Reactance …
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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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Periodic table of chemical elements.
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Another type of mathematical identity, called a “property”…
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Because capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, they…
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In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test mixed-signal analog and digital circuits using the versatile 555 timer IC. These projects will teach you about RC time constants, duty cycle, transistor current drive, LEDs, voltage doublers, and more.
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Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…
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Wire-by-Number project: simple voltage divider Description: Build a…
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The final transistor amplifier configuration (Figure below) we need to…
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This tool calculates the dimensions of the microstrip patch antenna given the desired operating frequency.
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When capacitors are connected in series, the total capacitance is…
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What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…
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Let’s take the following example circuit and analyze it: …
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Practical Benefit of Active Devices The practical benefit of active…
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Definition of a Logarithm “log” denotes a…
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A tool designed to convert RF power from watts to decibels and vice versa
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