The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s 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.
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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
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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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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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As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…
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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
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The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…
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After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…
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A chandelier has five light bulbs in it, and one of them is not…
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A tool designed to convert between units of torque
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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
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If an electric current is passed through this wire, which direction…
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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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.
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Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
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AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…
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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…
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This calculates values of the inductance, capacitance of an inductor and capacitor used in a Butterworth LC bandpass filter.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will control a light with a switch and learn the basics of connecting toggle (on/off) switches into circuits.
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How is it possible to assign a fixed value of voltage or current (such…
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One of the more advanced ADC technologies is the so-called…
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When a switch is actuated and contacts touch one another under the…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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A diode is an electronics component made from a combination of a…
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Remember that this tutorial is not exhaustive by any means, and that…
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This calculator provides three options—basic, intermediate, and advanced—for determining expected battery life for microcontroller, Internet of Things (IoT), and edge processing systems with up to four different operating modes.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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A common phrase heard in reference to electrical safety goes something…
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With simple gate and combinational logic circuits, there is a definite…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Unijunction transistor: Although a unijunction transistor is not a…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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It should be common-sense knowledge that liquids flow through…
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Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
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Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
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