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AC Power

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

Design Project: Power Inverter

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

Regulated Power Sources

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

Energy, Work, and Power

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

Speed Distance Time Calculator

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

Power Sources

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

Special-purpose Diodes

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

Voltage, Current, and Resistance

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

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…

Sources of Electricity

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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.

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

Resistance, Reactance, and Impedance

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What will happen to the brightness of the light bulb as the iron core…

Digital Lab - 10-bit Flashing LED Sequencer

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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.

555 Lab - Oscillator With Hysteresis

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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.

Peak Voltage Calculator

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The peak voltage calculator calculates peak voltage values from the peak-to-peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.

Noise Figure Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate the noise figure of cascaded amplifiers

Design Project: Audio Media-Based Signal Generator

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Identify some different ways you can create the sine-wave audio tracks…

Arithmetic with Scientific Notation

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The benefits of scientific notation do not end with ease of writing…

Contributors (2)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Octal and Hexadecimal Numeration

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Because binary numeration requires so many bits to represent…

Ohm’s Law

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For a given amount of water pressure, which will flow a greater rate…

Power in Resistive and Reactive AC circuits

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Consider a circuit for a single-phase AC power system, where a 120…

DC Lab - Series Batteries

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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.

AC Lab - Automotive Alternator as AC Generator

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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.

Power Sources

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

Multiplexers

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A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…

555 Lab - Introduction to the 555 Timer IC

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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.

Capacitor Quirks

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As with inductors, the ideal capacitor is a purely reactive device,…

Ammeter Impact on Measured Circuit

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Just like voltmeters, ammeters tend to influence the amount of current…

High Voltage Ohmmeters

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Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…