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Sources of Electricity

Worksheets - Energy Storage

What is the difference between DC and AC electricity? Identify some…

Electrical Energy Calculator

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This calculator will determine the instantaneous energy, sustained energy, and power consumed by an electrical system given two of the three electrical parameters (voltage, current, or resistance) and the time.

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.

Speed Distance Time Calculator

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This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.

Voltage, Current, and Resistance

Worksheets - Energy Storage

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

AC Power

Worksheets - Energy Storage

If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…

Sources of Electricity

Worksheets - Energy Storage

What is the difference between DC and AC electricity? Identify some…

Special-purpose Diodes

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

Power Sources

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There are many different types of power sources, and here some of the…

Regulated Power Sources

Worksheets - Energy Storage

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

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.

How to Calculate Power in a Series and Parallel Circuit

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When calculating the power dissipation of resistive components, we can…

Design Project: Power Inverter

Worksheets - Energy Storage

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

Energy, Work, and Power

Worksheets - Energy Storage

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

Troubleshooting Series and Parallel Circuits

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The jobs of electronics engineers and technicians frequently entail…

Si Lab - BJT Common-emitter Amplifier

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, construct a common-emitter amplifier using a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) and learn about amplifier gain and feedback.

Analog and Digital Signals

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Instrumentation is a field of study and work centering on measurement…

Inductor Transient Response

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Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…

Analog Lab - Class B Audio Amplifier

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Class B push-pull audio amplifier to drive a speaker and learn about crossover distortion and how to minimize it using negative feedback.

Safe Meter Usage

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Using an electrical meter safely and efficiently is perhaps the most…

What Is the Skin Effect?

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The Skin Depth of Copper in Electrical Engineering As previously…

Comparator with Hysteresis (Schmitt Trigger) Calculator

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This calculator will compute the required resistor ratio (R2/R1) and reference voltage (VREF) to create the desired high (VTH) and low (VTL) threshold voltages in a non-inverting comparator circuit with hysteresis (commonly called a Schmitt trigger).

DC Lab - Precision Potentiometer

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a precision potentiometer from three lower precision potentiometer and learn about voltage range compression and parameter interactions.

Millman’s Theorem Revisited

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You may have wondered where we got that strange equation for the…

AC Lab - Noise Cancellation

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an AC voltage source connected to speakers to learn about sound waves and the foundational principle used in noise cancelling headphones.

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.

Waveguides

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A waveguide is a special form of transmission line consisting of a…

Divided Feedback

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If we add a voltage divider to the negative feedback wiring so that…

Frequency and Phase Measurement

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An important electrical quantity with no equivalent in DC circuits is…

Wavelength (TEM) Calculator

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This calculator determines the wavelength of a signal given the frequency and dielectric constant.

AC Voltmeters and Ammeters

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AC electromechanical meter movements come in two basic arrangements:…

Attenuators

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

Si Lab - Zener Diode Voltage Regulator

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple DC voltage regulator circuit and learn how to use reverse-biased Zener diodes as voltage clamps.

DC Lab - Sensitive Voltage Detector With Audio Output

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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.