If a sinusoidal voltage is applied to an impedance with a phase angle…
A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.
There are many different types of power sources, and here some of the…
Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
Voltage is commonly defined as “electrical pressure.” The unit of…
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.
When calculating the power dissipation of resistive components, we can…
What is the difference between DC and AC electricity? Identify some…
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.
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.
Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
What will happen to the brightness of the light bulb as the iron core…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test an automated circuit that sequentially flashes 10 LED, and learn about counters, frequency dividers, and switch debouncing.
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.
The peak voltage calculator calculates peak voltage values from the peak-to-peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.
A tool designed to calculate the noise figure of cascaded amplifiers
Identify some different ways you can create the sine-wave audio tracks…
The benefits of scientific notation do not end with ease of writing…
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…
For a given amount of water pressure, which will flow a greater rate…
Consider a circuit for a single-phase AC power system, where a 120…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in series and learn the relationship between the individual battery voltages and the total series voltage.
In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an automotive alternator to generate three-phase AC voltage and learn how alternators can function as both generators and motors.
There are many different types of power sources, and here some of the…
A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…
In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test mixed-signal analog and digital circuits using the versatile 555 timer IC. These projects will teach you about RC time constants, duty cycle, transistor current drive, LEDs, voltage doublers, and more.
As with inductors, the ideal capacitor is a purely reactive device,…
Just like voltmeters, ammeters tend to influence the amount of current…
Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…