Whenever electrons flow through a conductor, a magnetic field will…
When calculating the power dissipation of resistive components, use…
What Is a Zener Diode? A Zener diode is a special type of rectifying…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Low-voltage AC power supply (6-volt output) 6-volt…
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Solid-state switching circuits usually keep their constituent…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…
When a transistor is in the fully-off state (like an open switch), it…
Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…
PARTS AND MATERIALS Operational amplifier, model TL082 recommended…
An oscilloscope is a very useful piece of electronic test equipment.…
Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…
Learn the Power Formula We’ve seen the formula for determining…
In the simplest terms you can think of, define what an electrical…
The field effect transistor was proposed by Julius Lilienfeld in US…
Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…
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Identify some of the different types of capacitors, and their…
Parts and Materials Operational amplifier, model 1458 or 353…
The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…
When a transistor is in the fully-off state (like an open switch), it…
Synchronous motors load the power line with a leading power factor.…
Generators used in battery-charging systems must be regulated so as to…
During the early development of telephone technology, a unit was…
The invention of the bipolar transistor in 1948 ushered in a…
Because capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, they…
Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…
Safety is very important when designing and/or building a device…
What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
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The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…
Inductive Reactance Capacitive Reactance …
There are two basic Ohm’s Law equations: one relating voltage,…
Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…
Note: this is a very unique and useful property of e. As in…
It is sometimes said regarding electrical safety that, Ït’s not the…
Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…
If the output of a shift register is fed back to the input. a ring…
What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
Consider a circuit for a single-phase AC power system, where a 120…
This calculator is designed to compute the parameters required to design a Pi-Match Impedance Circuit
A very useful tool for observing rotating objects is a strobe light.…
The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
What Is Kirchhoff’s Current Law? Kirchhoff’s Current Law,…
Add the following binary numbers:
The Q, or quality, factor of a resonant circuit is a measure of the…
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The first, and perhaps most important, the relationship between…
Thomas Edison, that prolific American inventor, is often credited with…
No text on electrical metering could be called complete without a…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Since transformers are essentially AC devices, we need to be aware of…
Superposition theorem is one of those strokes of genius that takes a…
Resonance in a Tank Circuit A condition of resonance will be…
Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
This calculator helps you determine the values of the resistors R1 and R2 to be used for a bridged-tee attenuator.
PARTS AND MATERIALS Two 6-volt batteries One NPN…
