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Stepper Motors

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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…

Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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

What is Alternating Current (AC)?

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

Reluctance Motor

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

AC Commutator Motors

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

Servo Motor Systems

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

Selsyn (Synchro) Motors

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

Single-phase Induction Motors

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

DC Motor Theory

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

Brushless DC Motor

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Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

AC Motor Theory

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

Introduction to AC Motors

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After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…

AC Instrumentation Transducers

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

DC Generator Theory

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

AC Generator Theory

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

Single-phase Induction Motors

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

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…

Reluctance Motor

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

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.

Electric Shock

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

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.

AC Motor Control Circuits

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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

Servo Motor Systems

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

Brushless DC Motor

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Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…

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

AC Instrumentation Transducers

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

Basic Troubleshooting Strategies

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

Intermediate Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

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As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…

Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

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…

DC Motor Theory

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

Oscilloscope Trigger Controls

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

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

Biasing Techniques (IGFET)

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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.

JFET Amplifiers

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

Design Project: Stepper Motor Driver

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

IGBTs

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Because of their insulated gates, IGFETs of all types have extremely…

Component Failure Analysis (Continued)

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“I consider that I understand an equation when I can predict the…

Edge-triggered Latches: Flip-Flops

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So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…

Scientific Notation and Metric Prefixes

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Write the following exponential expressions in expanded form: 101 =…

Digital Lab - 7-segment LED Display

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will control a 7-segment binary-coded decimal (BCD) display and learn about active-low and active-high logic inputs.

Common Derivatives

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    RELATED WORKSHEETS: Calculus for Electric Circuits…

Binary Subtraction

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We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…

Capacitor Types

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A capacitor is a passive two-terminal electronic component that…

Time Constant Calculations

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

Binary Count Sequence

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If we examine a four-bit binary count sequence from 0000 to 1111, a…

Waveguides

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A waveguide is a special form of transmission line consisting of a…

Switches, Hand Actuated

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A switch is an electrical component that can “make” or…

The Silicon-Controlled Switch (SCS)

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If we take the equivalent circuit of an SCR and add another external…

Likely Failures in Unproven Systems

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“All men are liable to error;” —John Locke Whereas…

High-Reliability Circuits

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

Full-Adder

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The half-adder is extremely useful until you want to add more than one…