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Inductance, Reactance, and Admittance Calculator

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This calculator gives the reactance and admittance of an inductor or the inductance given the reactance of an inductor

Creating Custom Calibration Resistances

Textbook

Often in the course of designing and building electrical meter…

AC Motor Control Circuits

Worksheets - Inductors

Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

AC Lab - Sensing AC Magnetic Fields

Textbook

In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will sense AC magnetic fields using a simple wire coil and learn about AC signal coupling, orientation effects, and the impact of shielding using different materials.

Low-pass Filters

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By definition, a low-pass filter is a circuit offering easy passage to…

Performance-Based Assessments for DC Circuit Competencies

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Time Constant Circuits

Worksheets - Inductors

Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…

Factors Affecting Inductance

Textbook

There are four basic factors of inductor construction determining the…

Impedance

Worksheets - Inductors

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

Si Lab - Commutating Diode

Textbook

In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple circuit that will teach you how to use a commutating diode to reduce inductive kickback.

Ohm’s Law Practice Worksheet With Answers

Worksheets - Inductors

Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.

PN Junctions

Worksheets - Inductors

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

Performance-Based Assessments for Basic Electricity Competencies

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Resonance

Worksheets - Inductors

The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…

Voltage and Current Calculations

Textbook

There’s a sure way to calculate any of the values in a reactive…

Intermediate Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

Worksheets - Inductors

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

Fundamentals of Radio Communication

Worksheets - Inductors

What does the acronym RF stand form, in reference to radio-related…

Inductor Voltage and Current Relationship

Textbook

Inductors do not have a stable “resistance” as conductors…

AC Power

Worksheets - Inductors

If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…

Switch Contact Design

Textbook

A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…

Circuit Components

Textbook

Remember that this tutorial is not exhaustive by any means, and that…

A 50-Ohm Cable?

Textbook

Early in my explorations of electricity, I came across a length of…

Analog Lab - 555 Ramp Signal Generator

Textbook

In this hands-on electronics experiment, construct a signal generator circuit that creates two different types of ramp signals and learn how capacitors charge when connected to resistors and constant current sources.

Practical Considerations - Capacitors

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Capacitors, like all electrical components, have limitations that must…

Non-Inverting Op-Amp Resistor Calculator

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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for a non-inverting Op-Amp

Inductor Quirks

Textbook

In an ideal case, an inductor acts as a purely reactive device. That…

Ohm’s Law Practice Worksheet With Answers

Worksheets - Inductors

Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.

AC Lab - Variable Inductor

Textbook

In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a variable conductor and learn the impact of a metal core placed inside an inductor coil has on the inductance.

Voltmeter Impact on Measured Circuit

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Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…

Trigonometry for AC Circuits

Worksheets - Inductors

Identify which trigonometric functions (sine, cosine, or tangent) are…

555 Lab - Oscillator With Hysteresis

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator with hysteresis from a Schmitt trigger and learn how to use it to create an RC oscillator and a method to configure a 555 timer as an astable multivibrator.

AC Inductor Circuits

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Resistors vs. Inductors Inductors do not behave the same way as…

Magnetic Units of Measurement

Worksheets - Inductors

In electric circuits, the three basic quantities are voltage (E or V),…

Band Theory of Solids

Textbook

Quantum physics describes the states of electrons in an atom according…

Energy, Work, and Power

Worksheets - Inductors

Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.

Parallel Circuits and the Application of Ohm’s Law

Textbook

In this introduction to parallel resistance circuits, we will explain…

Pi-Match Impedance Matching Calculator

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This calculator is designed to compute the parameters required to design a Pi-Match Impedance Circuit

Resistor Color Code Calculator and Chart—4 Band, 5 Band, or 6 Band Resistors

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A handy all-in-one tool for reading resistor color code values for a 4 band resistor, 5 band resistor, or 6 band resistor.

AC Motor Theory

Worksheets - Inductors

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

Multi-Stage Transistor Amplifiers

Worksheets - Inductors

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

Impedance Transformation

Textbook

Standing waves at the resonant frequency points of an open- or…

Pulse Width Modulation

Textbook

Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…

Parallel R, L, and C

Textbook

We can take the same components from the series circuit and rearrange…

Safety Grounding

Worksheets - Inductors

In simple AC power systems, one of the two conductors is typically…

Microstrip Impedance Calculator

Tools

This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a microstrip.

Component Modeling

Worksheets - Inductors

When plotted on a curve tracer, the characteristic curve for a normal…

Electron Activity in Chemical Reactions

Textbook

So far in our discussions on electricity and electric circuits, we…

Series Circuit Rules

Textbook

Current Components in a series circuit share the same current: Itotal…

The J-K Flip-Flop

Textbook

Another variation on a theme of bistable multivibrators is the J-K…

Performance-Based Assessments for AC Circuit Competencies

Worksheets - Inductors

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Positive Feedback

Textbook

As we’ve seen, negative feedback is an incredibly useful…

Delta and Wye 3-Phase Circuits

Worksheets - Inductors

Label where each of the following electrical quantities would be found…

Light-Pulse Switch

Worksheets - Inductors

It is fairly important to use large value resistors (10 MΩ works…

Review of R, X, and Z (Resistance, Reactance and Impedance)

Textbook

Before we begin to explore the effects of resistors, inductors, and…

Convert MCD to Lumens

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This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.

Active Loads in Amplifier Circuits

Worksheets - Inductors

We know that the current in a series circuit may be calculated with…

AC Metrology

Worksheets - Inductors

In power distribution systems, it is very important to be able to…

Fuses

Textbook

Normally, the ampacity rating of a conductor is a circuit design…

Δ-Y and Y-Δ Conversions

Textbook

In many circuit applications, we encounter components connected…

Solving Simultaneous Equations: The Substitution Method and the Addition Method

Textbook

What are Simultaneous Equations and Systems of Equations? The terms…