Synchronous Condenser

Synchronous motors load the power line with a leading power factor.…

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Protective Relay Circuits

Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…

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Simple Circuits

Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…

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RF Power Ratio Conversion Calculator

This tool is designed to convert power ratios to decibel

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Special-purpose Batteries

Mercury Standard Cell Back in the early days of electrical measurement…

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Si Lab - Full-wave Bridge Rectifier With Output Filtering

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.

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Node Voltage Method

The node voltage method of DC network analysis solves for unknown…

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Si Lab - JFET Current Regulator

In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) current regulator and learn some of the advantages of JFETs over BJTs for current regulation.

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Regulated Power Sources

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

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Special Transformers and Applications

Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…

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Performance-Based Assessments for Basic Electricity Competencies

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Static Electricity

What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…

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Op-Amp Voltage and Gain Calculator

A calculator for computing the gain and output voltage of an operational amplifier

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What Are Zener Diodes?

What Is a Zener Diode? A Zener diode is a special type of rectifying…

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Time-Delay Electromechanical Relays

What does the normal status of an electrical switch refer to?…

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AC Circuit Equations

Inductive Reactance     Capacitive Reactance    …

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Rectifier Circuits

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

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Peak to Peak Voltage Calculator (VP-P)

This calculator shows the peak-to-peak voltage (VP-P) value from the peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.

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Measurements of AC Magnitude

So far we know that AC voltage alternates in polarity and AC current…

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Fuses

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

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Electric Shock

It is sometimes said regarding electrical safety that, Ït’s not the…

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Electron Versus Conventional Flow

In this electrical circuit, trace the direction of current through the…

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Fuses

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

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Synchronous Condenser

Synchronous motors load the power line with a leading power factor.…

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DC Lab - Precision Potentiometer

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a precision potentiometer from three lower precision potentiometer and learn about voltage range compression and parameter interactions.

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Numbers and Symbols

The expression of numerical quantities is something we tend to take…

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The Common-gate Amplifier (IGFET)

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AC Phase

Things start to get complicated when we need to relate two or more AC…

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Nonlinear OpAmp Circuits

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

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Battery Ratings

Because batteries create current flow in a circuit by exchanging…

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Op-amp Circuits

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DC Lab - Series Batteries

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in series and learn the relationship between the individual battery voltages and the total series voltage.

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Introduction to Insulated-gate Field-effect Transistors

As was stated in the last chapter, there is more than one type of…

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Simple Parallel (Tank Circuit) Resonance

Resonance in a Tank Circuit A condition of resonance will be…

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DC Lab - 4-wire Resistance Measurement

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will perform a 4-wire Kelvin resistance measurement and learn how to accurately measure resistance.

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From Electric to Electronic

Introduction This third volume of the book series Lessons In Electric…

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General Troubleshooting Tips

When first approaching a failed or otherwise misbehaving system, the…

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Stepper Motors

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

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Ammeter Design

Ammeters Measure Electrical Current A meter designed to measure…

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Likely Failures in Unproven Systems

“All men are liable to error;” —John Locke Whereas…

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Likely Failures in Proven Systems

The following problems are arranged in order from most likely to least…

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Boolean Algebraic Properties

Another type of mathematical identity, called a “property”…

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Power Supply Circuits

There are three major kinds of power supplies: unregulated (also…

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Three-phase Transformer Circuits

Since three-phase is used so often for power distribution systems, it…

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Protective Relays

A special type of relay is one that monitors the current, voltage,…

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Power Quality Measurement

It used to be with large AC power systems that “power…

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Voltage Signal Systems

The use of variable voltage for instrumentation signals seems a rather…

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Contributors (15)

Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

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Factorials

Definition of a Factorial Denoted by the symbol “!” after…

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Digital Display Circuits

What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…

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Inductors

∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! A 5 H inductor is subjected to an electric…

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Potentiometers

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Series Resistor-Capacitor Circuits

In the last section, we learned what would happen in simple…

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AC Lab - Automotive Alternator as AC Generator

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.

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Performance-Based Assessments for Network Analysis Competencies

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Power Added Efficiency Calculator

A calculator designed to compute the power-added efficiency (PAE) of an amplifier

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Copper Wire Gauge Table

Solid Copper Wire Table Size Diameter (inches) Cross-sectional area…

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Practical considerations - Digital Communication

A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

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What is Norton’s Theorem and the Norton Equivalent Circuit?

This article explains the step-by-step process for determining the…

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Intro Lab - Nonlinear Resistance

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will compare the resistance of a lamp filament in its on and off states and learn about nonlinear resistances by applying Ohm's law.

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