The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…
Normally, the rotor windings of a wound rotor induction motor are…
As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…
Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…
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.
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.
After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…
A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…
Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
Charles Proteus Steinmetz’s first job after arriving in America…
Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
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.
Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
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.
A tool designed to calculate the maximum speed, minimum time per step and maximum power of a stepper motor
How is it possible to electrically measure the torque output by a…
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.
A tool designed to convert between units of torque
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.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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.
There are three basic factors of capacitor construction determining…
In DC and low-frequency AC circuits, the characteristic impedance of…
Periodic table of chemical elements.
In this introduction to series resistance circuits, we will explain…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an edge-triggered S-R flip-flop, learn the difference between a latch and a flip-flop, and experience how a switch bounce can cause logic errors.
Convert to and from different units of length, weight, power, temperature and torque
This tool is designed to convert power ratios to decibel
This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an asymmetric stripline
A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…
So far, we’ve observed simulations of transformers where the…
It is sometimes useful in logic circuits to have a multivibrator which…
Has the system ever worked before? If yes, has anything happened to…
If you’ve ever witnessed a lightning storm, you’ve seen…
Despite lock-out/tag-out procedures and multiple repetitions of…
Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…
This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a symmetric stripline.
Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
