In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use a potentiometer as a variable resistor to control the speed of a motor and learn how to connect a potentiometer as a rheostat.
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Centuries ago, it was discovered that certain types of mineral rock…
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The voltage divider is a circuit used to create a voltage less than or equal to the input voltage.
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Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…
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Just as devices have been made to measure certain physical quantities…
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This calculator will determine the combined Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving through both an electric field and a magnetic field.
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By introducing electrical reactance into the feedback loops of an…
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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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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A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a BJT differential amplifier and learn about a fundamental building block that is the basis of most operational amplifiers.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will construct a voltage detector with adjustable sensitivity and audio output, and you will learn a method for detecting small electrical signals without an oscilloscope.
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will sense AC magnetic fields using a simple wire coil and learn about AC signal coupling, orientation effects, and the impact of shielding using different materials.
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Seebeck Effect An interesting phenomenon applied in the field of…
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If a strip of conductive metal is stretched, it will become skinnier…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use an LED as a light-sensitive photodetector and learn how to use a bipolar transistor in a common-emitter amplifier configuration.
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The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was named because its operation…
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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.
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It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…
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For ease of drawing complex circuit diagrams, electronic amplifiers…
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This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build resistive current dividers and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's current law function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.
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Periodic table of chemical elements.
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It used to be with large AC power systems that “power…
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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a wire-over-plane setup.
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There are four basic factors of inductor construction determining the…
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Two relatively recent technologies designed to reduce the…
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A thyristor is a device that has a number of unusual characteristics.…
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The time constant of a series RC circuit is the product of the resistance and capacitance. Given two of the three values—resistance, capacitance, or RC time constant—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.
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Factoring Identities : a2 - b2 = (a + b) (a - b) a2 + 2ab + b2…
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Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…
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When an alternator produces AC voltage, the voltage switches polarity…
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As an example of using several circuits together, we are going to make…
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Standing waves at the resonant frequency points of an open- or…
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Circuits consisting of just one battery and one load resistance are…
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In the simplest terms you can think of, define what an electrical…
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