Inductors, like all electrical components, have limitations which must…
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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.
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple RC circuit that demonstrates phase shift and learn how out-of-phase AC voltages do not add algebraically.
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A circuit with an inductor (L) and capacitor (C) connected in parallel or series will have a resonant frequency at which their impedances are equal. Given two of the three values—inductance, capacitance, or resonant frequency—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.
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In an ideal case, an inductor acts as a purely reactive device. That…
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Because capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, they…
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Let’s take the following example circuit and analyze it: …
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a parallel resonant inductor-capacitor circuit and learn about oscillation, resonant frequency, and damping.
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
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Capacitors do not have a stable “resistance” as conductors…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, power a DC motor through a multi-conductor cable to learn how AC signals are coupled between conductors and how to mitigate noise coupling.
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(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build capacitor charging and discharging circuits and learn how to calculate the RC time constant of resistor-capacitor circuits.
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Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…
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Generators used in battery-charging systems must be regulated so as to…
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If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…
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No text on electrical metering could be called complete without a…
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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure resistance using the ohmmeter function.
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A similar effect happens in series inductive/capacitive circuits. When…
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When calculating the power dissipation of resistive components, we can…
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When a transistor is in the fully-off state (like an open switch), it…
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This calculator will determine the instantaneous energy, sustained energy, and power consumed by an electrical system given two of the three electrical parameters (voltage, current, or resistance) and the time.
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In this introduction to series resistance circuits, we will explain…
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(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…
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Inductors do not have a stable “resistance” as conductors…
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Conductors lose all of their electrical resistance when cooled to…
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The time constant of a series RC circuit is the product of the resistance and capacitance. Given two of the three values—resistance, capacitance, or RC time constant—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.
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There are circumstances when you may need to analyze a DC reactive…
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The Skin Depth of Copper in Electrical Engineering As previously…
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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
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Learn the Power Formula We’ve seen the formula for determining…
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Passive Devices Components incapable of controlling current by means…
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The Parallel Wires of Infinite Length Suppose, though, that we had a…
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Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a custom operational amplifier (op amp) and learn about the application of current mirrors and the use of negative feedback in op amp circuits.
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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
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These are the most common types of resistors available. Resistors…
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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The electrons of different types of atoms have different degrees of…
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While mention of operational amplifiers typically provokes visions of…
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Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…
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Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
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A circuit with an inductor (L) and capacitor (C) connected in parallel or series will have a resonant frequency at which their impedances are equal. Given two of the three values—inductance, capacitance, or resonant frequency—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.
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Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…
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In the last section, we learned what would happen in simple…
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Knowing how to generate Gray code should allow us to build larger…
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How to Create a Band-stop Filter? Also called band-elimination,…
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Explain the difference between a balanced polyphase system and an…
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We know that the current in a series circuit may be calculated with…
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Seeing as how a common meter movement can be made to function as a…
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