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Mutual Inductance and Basic Operation

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Behaviors of Inductors wrapped around a Conductive Core Suppose we…

Si Lab - Full-wave Center-tap Rectifier

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave rectifier for AC to DC conversion and learn about center-tapped transformers.

DC Generator Theory

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Generators used in battery-charging systems must be regulated so as to…

Impedance

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

Three-phase Power Systems

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What is Split-Phase Power Systems? Split-phase power systems achieve…

Calculating Power Factor

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As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…

Digital Lab - Introduction

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In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test digital circuits and learn the fundamentals of digital logic circuits, including gates, counters, logic levels, hysteresis, memory, and more.

Voltage Divider Circuits

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

Ohm’s Law Practice Worksheet With Answers

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

Single-phase Induction Motors

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A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…

AC Lab - Using a Transformer to Build a 12 VAC Power Supply

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a 12 V alternating current (AC) power supply using a step-down transformer and learn about transformer operation and the purpose of tapped windings.

Inverting and Noninverting OpAmp Voltage Amplifier Circuits

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

Power Supply Circuits

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

Special-purpose Diodes

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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…

Attenuators

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What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…

The Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR)

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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…

Resistors

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Because the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in…

AC Generator Theory

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If an electric current is passed through this wire, which direction…

555 Lab - Monostable Multivibrator (One-shot)

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a monostable multivibrator using a 555 timer IC and learn about RC time constant charging and how a one-shot timer operates.

Bipolar Junction Transistors in Active Mode

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

Performance-Based Assessments for AC Circuit Competencies

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Other Waveshapes

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As strange as it may seem, any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform is…

Example Circuits and Netlists

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The following circuits are pre-tested netlists for SPICE 2g6, complete…

Design Project: Power Inverter

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A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…

Protective Relays

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

Voltage, Current, and Resistance

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Voltage is commonly defined as “electrical pressure.” The unit of…

Lenz’s Law and Faraday’s Law Calculator

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This calculator uses Faraday's and Lenz's laws to calculate the magnitude and polarity of the induced electromotive force (EMF) caused by a change in magnetic flux through a closed-loop coil.

Impedance

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

Peak to Peak Voltage Calculator (VP-P)

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

Power Supply Circuits

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

Polyphase Power Systems

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Explain the difference between a balanced polyphase system and an…

Basic Ammeter Use

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Show how this ammeter would be connected to the light bulb circuit to…

Superposition Theorem

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The superposition theorem is one of those strokes of genius that takes…

Beam Power Tubes

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In the beam power tube, the basic four-element structure of the…

Three-phase Y and Delta Configurations

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Three-phase Wye(Y) Connection Initially, we explored the idea of…

Tube Lab - Vacuum Tube Audio Amplifier

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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.

AC Network Analysis

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

Antiderivatives of Power Functions of e

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  Note: this is a very unique and useful property of e. As in…

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.

Resonant Filters

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So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…

Hand Calculator Use

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To enter numbers in scientific notation into a hand calculator, there…

Important Constants

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Euler’s Number Euler’s constant is an important value for…

Bipolar Transistor Biasing Circuits

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

Microstrip Inductance Calculator

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This calculator computes the inductance of a microstrip etched on a PCB.

555 Lab - LED Flasher with Inductive Flyback

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a multiple LED flasher and learn how to use inductive flyback to generate a voltage pulse that is greater than the supply voltage.

Voltage Multipliers (Doublers, Triplers, Quadruplers, and More)

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A voltage multiplier is a specialized rectifier circuit producing…

Passive Integrator and Differentiator Circuits

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…

General Troubleshooting Tips

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

Resonant Filters

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So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…

Wire Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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A helpful tool for calculating the impedance of a wire microstrip.

Metric Prefixes and Unit Conversions

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Metric Prefixes   Yotta = 1024 Symbol: Y Zetta = 1021 Symbol: Z…

DC Lab - Thermoelectricity

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a thermocouple to measure temperature changes and learn about the Seebeck effect.

Metric Prefix Conversions

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To express a quantity in a different metric prefix from how it was…

Vectors and AC Waveforms

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OK, so how exactly can we represent AC quantities of voltage or…

Class C BJT Amplifiers

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A common class of operation used in radio-frequency (RF) amplifier…

Fundamentals of Radio Communication

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

The Gated S-R Latch

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It is sometimes useful in logic circuits to have a multivibrator which…

Diodes

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A diode is an electronics component made from a combination of a…

Positive Feedback

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

Analog-to-Digital Conversion

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The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…