This calculates the capacitance of a capacitor based on its charge, Q, and its voltage, V, according to the formula, C=Q/V.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog integrator using an operational amplifier and learn about integration functions, op amp input bias currents, and how to limit the voltage swing of a potentiometer.
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By definition, a low-pass filter is a circuit offering easy passage to…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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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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Generators used in battery-charging systems must be regulated so as to…
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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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Because capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, they…
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A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…
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Ampacities of copper wire, in free air at 30o C: INSULATION TYPE…
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As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…
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This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.
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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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Suppose you were to take a 3 kW electric heater rated for 240 VAC and…
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As with inductors, the ideal capacitor is a purely reactive device,…
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Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…
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Resonance in a Tank Circuit A condition of resonance will be…
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Passive Devices Components incapable of controlling current by means…
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An inductor is a passive two-terminal electrical component that…
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Now that we’ve seen how series and parallel AC circuit analysis…
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By definition, a low-pass filter is a circuit offering easy passage to…
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Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…
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Our exploration of thyristors begins with a device called the…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Class B push-pull audio amplifier to drive a speaker and learn about crossover distortion and how to minimize it using negative feedback.
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A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…
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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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The Inductance Formula Wheeler’s formulas for…
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Standing waves at the resonant frequency points of an open- or…
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When inductors are connected in series, the total inductance is the…
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A calculator designed to calculate the maximum current that a stripline can handle
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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A parallel circuit is often called a current divider for its ability…
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Euler’s Number Euler’s constant is an important value for…
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The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…
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The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
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As we saw earlier, a power system with no secure connection to earth…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a digital combination lock with LED output indicators and learn about XOR gate functionality and how to implement NOR logic functionality using diodes.
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A tool designed to calculate the maximum speed, minimum time per step and maximum power of a stepper motor
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog differentiator circuit that outputs a signal proportional to the rate-of-change and learn about one of the advantages of analog circuits.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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It is sometimes said regarding electrical safety that, Ït’s not the…
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If I needed to describe the distance between two cities, I could…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use the frequency spectrum display from an oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn about spectral analysis.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a red LED flasher and learn a useful application of the versatile 555 timer IC.
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