Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…
In an ideal case, an inductor acts as a purely reactive device. That…
Remember that this tutorial is not exhaustive by any means, and that…
Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…
Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
There’s a sure way to calculate any of the values in a reactive…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use series and parallel resistor networks to precisely adjust the range and zero point of a rheostat.
In the common-emitter section of this chapter, we saw a SPICE analysis…
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 the last section, we learned what would happen in simple…
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Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
Often in the course of designing and building electrical meter…
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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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Behaviors of Inductors wrapped around a Conductive Core Suppose we…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, construct a three-stage common-emitter amplifier using bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about multi-stage gain and feedback.
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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
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In this hands-on semiconductor experiment, build an improved full-wave rectifier with output filtering and learn about capacitive filtering in AC-to-DC power converters.
These are the most common types of resistors available. Resistors…
Because capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, they…
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Suppose a 12 volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 20…
Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will construct a voltage detector with adjustable sensitivity and audio output, and you will learn a method for detecting small electrical signals without an oscilloscope.
Suppose we wished to measure the resistance of some component located…
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.
This calculator helps determine the resistance of a variable resistor within a Wheatstone bridge circuit or the differential voltage created across the bridge terminals.
Once again, when building battery/resistor circuits, the student or…
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The voltage divider is a circuit used to create a voltage less than or equal to the input voltage.
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.
There are two basic Ohm’s Law equations: one relating voltage,…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will examine the heat generated by resistors and maybe even make one smoke! Also, learn to calculate power dissipation using Joule's law and resistor power ratings.
Remember that this tutorial is not exhaustive by any means, and that…
Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…
Since complex numbers are legitimate mathematical entities, just like…
Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…
A helpful tool for computing the Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of an antenna
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If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…
The singular reason for learning and using the binary numeration…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use potentiometers to vary a voltage and learn about voltage divider ratios and potentiometer applications.
This tool helps calculate the impedance of an edge-coupled microstrip.
Let’s analyze a simple series circuit and determine the voltage…
As we saw in a few SPICE analyses earlier in this chapter, the output…
Wiring for AC and DC power distribution branch circuits are color…
The use of variable voltage for instrumentation signals seems a rather…
What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…
Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…
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Suppose we altered our basic open-collector inverter circuit, adding a…
Try out our Resistor Color Code Calculator in our Tools section.…
How much voltage is there between the following pairs of points in…
