Basic Electricity Worksheet

What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?

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

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.

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Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…

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Class C BJT Amplifiers

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

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Performance-Based Assessments for AC Circuit Competencies

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Special Transformers and Applications

Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…

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Time-Delay Electromechanical Relays

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

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CMOS Gate Circuitry

Up until this point, our analysis of transistor logic circuits has…

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Introduction to Diodes And Rectifiers

All About Diodes A diode is an electrical device allowing current to…

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Synchronous Motors

Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

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Class A BJT Amplifiers

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

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Characteristic Impedance

The Parallel Wires of Infinite Length Suppose, though, that we had a…

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AC Network Analysis

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Batteries

If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…

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Zener Diodes

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

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Rectifier Circuits

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Synchronous Condenser

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

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Wound Rotor Induction Motors

A wound rotor induction motor has a stator like a squirrel cage…

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Diode Switching Circuits

Diodes can perform switching and digital logic operations. Forward and…

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Stepper Motors

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

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DC Bridge Circuits

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

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IGBTs

Because of their insulated gates, IGFETs of all types have extremely…

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Design Project: Signal Generator

Explain the principle of operation for the particular integrated…

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Digital Lab - Basic 2-Input NAND Gate Circuit

In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test a 2-input digital NAND gate with LED indicators and learn to read pinout diagrams, power a digital IC, connect unused inputs and outputs, and use pulldown resistors.

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What is Alternating Current (AC)?

Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…

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Electron Versus Conventional Flow

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

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Standing Waves and Resonance

Whenever there is a mismatch of impedance between transmission line…

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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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More on AC “polarity”

Complex numbers are useful for AC circuit analysis because they…

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Basic Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

When lightning strikes, nearby magnetic compass needles may be seen to…

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Optoelectronic Devices

In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…

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The Common-emitter Amplifier

At the beginning of this chapter, it illustrates how transistors could…

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Characteristic Impedance

Note the “50 ohm” rating printed on the jacket of the cable. What…

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Ohm’s Law - How Voltage, Current, and Resistance Relate

The first, and perhaps most important, relationship between current,…

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An Electric Pendulum

Capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, and…

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Clamper Circuits

The circuits in the figure below are known as clampers or DC…

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Bipolar Transistor Biasing Circuits

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

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AC Waveforms

When an alternator produces AC voltage, the voltage switches polarity…

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Digital Ramp ADC

Also known as the stairstep-ramp, or simply counter A/D converter,…

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Enhancement-type IGFETs

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Contributors (5)

Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

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Performance-Based Assessments for Network Analysis Competencies

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Polarity of voltage drops

When using conventional current flow, we can trace the direction of…

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Design Project: Simple Component Curve-Tracer Circuit

What do each of the oscilloscope axes represent, in real-life terms…

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The Unijunction Transistor (UJT)

Unijunction transistor: Although a unijunction transistor is not a…

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Counter Modulus

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AC Instrumentation Transducers

Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…

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Design Project: Voltmeter

The most important component of your voltmeter will be the…

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What is Alternating Current (AC)?

Most students of electricity begin their study with what is known as…

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Contact “Bounce”

When a switch is actuated and contacts touch one another under the…

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Coax Inductance Calculator

A calculator for computing the inductance of a coaxial cable.

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Resonance in Series-Parallel Circuits

In simple reactive circuits with little or no resistance, the effects…

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DC Motor Control Circuits

How is it possible to electrically measure the torque output by a…

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Switch Contact Design

A switch can be constructed with any mechanism bringing two conductors…

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