Explain the operation of this “H-bridge” motor control circuit: At…
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Suppose a 12 volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 20…
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Identify some different ways you can create the sine-wave audio tracks…
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A transmission line of infinite length is an interesting abstraction,…
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Because batteries create current flow in a circuit by exchanging…
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Reactive Power We know that reactive loads such as inductors and…
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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.
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If you’ve ever witnessed a lightning storm, you’ve seen…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a voltage follower amplifier using a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) in common-collector configuration and learn about circuit ground and impedance transformations.
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JFETs, like bipolar transistors, are able to “throttle”…
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Given two lengths of metal wire, which one will have the least…
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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
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Design a passive circuit that will create a "split” ( V/-V) power…
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There are three major kinds of power supplies: unregulated (also…
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To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…
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By definition, a low-pass filter is a circuit offering easy passage to…
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AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…
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Wire-by-Number project: simple voltage divider Description: Build a…
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This page will walk you step-by-step through the process of…
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In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…
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Explain how a moving-coil, or dynamic microphone works. Identify how…
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Protective relays are special power-sensing devices whose job it is to…
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Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…
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A common phrase heard in reference to electrical safety goes something…
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Varicap or varactor diodes A variable capacitance diode is known as a…
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Because batteries create current flow in a circuit by exchanging…
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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.
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What does the normal status of an electrical switch refer to?…
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What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…
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Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…
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If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…
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Determine if the light bulb will de-energize for each of the following…
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The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…
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In the common-emitter section of this chapter, we saw a SPICE analysis…
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These are the most common types of resistors available. Resistors…
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What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…
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In this series of hands-on electronics experiments, build alternating current (AC) circuits and learn about basic electrical engineering circuit concepts, including transformers, motors, phase shifts, signal coupling, and noise cancellation.
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a large AC permanent capacitor split-phase induction motor and learn the principles of AC induction motor function.
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use a PC-based oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn basic oscilloscope operation.
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This calculator will help compute the inductance of a length of wire.
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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…
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This calculator computes for the capacitor charge time and energy, given the supply voltage and the added series resistance.
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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…
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The Parallel Wires of Infinite Length Suppose, though, that we had a…
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Quantum physics describes the states of electrons in an atom according…
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As an instructor of electronics, I am called upon frequently to help…
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So far we have been finding Sum-Of-Product (SOP) solutions to logic…
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Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
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The earliest forms of digital data storage involving moving parts was…
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Input impedance varies considerably with the circuit configuration…
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We have the symbols for depletion mode and enhancement mode MOSFETs -…
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