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Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

Servo Motor Systems

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

Stepper Motors

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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…

AC Generator Theory

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

AC Commutator Motors

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

AC Instrumentation Transducers

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

Reluctance Motor

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The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…

What is Alternating Current (AC)?

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

Selsyn (Synchro) Motors

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

Introduction to AC Motors

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After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…

AC Motor Theory

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

Brushless DC Motor

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Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…

Single-phase Induction Motors

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

Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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

DC Generator Theory

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

DC Motor Theory

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

Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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

Basic Troubleshooting Strategies

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

Inductive Reactance

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

Flyback Switch Mode Regulator Calculator

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A calculator for computing several parameters needed in the design of a flyback switch mode regulator

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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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…

Torque Conversion Calculator

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A tool designed to convert between units of torque

555 Lab - LED Flasher with Inductive Flyback

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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.

AC Motor Control Circuits

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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

Rectifier Circuits

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

AC Lab - Induction Motor

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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.

Selsyn (Synchro) Motors

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

Introduction to AC Motors

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After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…

DC Generator Theory

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

Stepper Motors

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

DC Motor Control Circuits

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

Lenz’s Law and Faraday’s Law Calculator

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This calculator uses Faraday's and Lenz's laws to calculate the magnitude and polarity of the induced electromotive force (EMF) caused by a change in magnetic flux through a closed-loop coil.

What is Alternating Current (AC)?

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

DC Motor Theory

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

Design Project: Stepper Motor Driver

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

SPICE Models

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The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…

AC Metrology

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In power distribution systems, it is very important to be able to…

Polarity of voltage drops

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When using conventional current flow, we can trace the direction of…

Basic Oscilloscope Operation

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An oscilloscope is a very useful piece of electronic test equipment.…

Three-phase Y and Delta Configurations

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Three-phase Wye(Y) Connection Initially, we explored the idea of…

A Binary Adder

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Suppose we wanted to build a device that could add two binary bits…

DC Lab - Precision Potentiometer

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a precision potentiometer from three lower precision potentiometer and learn about voltage range compression and parameter interactions.

Magnetism

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A permanent magnet is a device that retains a magnetic field without…

Diode Ratings

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In addition to forward voltage drop (Vf) and peak inverse voltage…

Rules for Limits

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    RELATED WORKSHEETS: Calculus for Electric Circuits…

The Thyristor

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A thyristor is a device that has a number of unusual characteristics.…

Trace Resistance Calculator

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This calculator determines the resistance of a microstrip trace

Millman’s Theorem

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In Millman’s Theorem, the circuit is re-drawn as a parallel…

Active Filters

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

Binary Addition

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The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…

Miscellaneous Diode Applications

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

Conventional Transistor Overview and Special Transistors

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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…

Phase Rotation

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Three-Phase Alternator Let’s take the three-phase alternator…

Electrical Transients

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This chapter explores the response of capacitors and inductors to…

Ohm’s Law

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For a given amount of water pressure, which will flow a greater rate…