Autotransformer
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Autotransformer

The primary and secondary windings of an Autotransformer are linked together both electrically and magnetically reducing the cost over conventional…

Multiple Winding Transformers
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Multiple Winding Transformers

Multiple Winding Transformers can have two or more primary or secondary winding allowing for different combinations of voltages and currents….

Transformer
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Transformer

Transformers are electrical devices consisting of two or more coils of wire used to transfer electrical energy by means of…

Resistance of a Coil
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Resistance of a Coil

All coils, inductors, chokes and transformers create a magnetic field around themselves consist of an Inductance in series with a…

Inductive Reactance
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Inductive Reactance

Inductive Reactance of a coil depends on the frequency of the applied voltage as reactance is directly proportional to frequency….

Inductance of a Coil
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Inductance of a Coil

Inductance is the name given to the property of a component that opposes the change of current flowing through it…

Mutual Inductance
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Mutual Inductance

Mutual Inductance is the interaction of one coils magnetic field on another coil as it induces a voltage in the…

Inductors in Parallel
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Inductors in Parallel

Inductors are said to be connected together in Parallel when both of their terminals are respectively connected to each terminal…

Inductors in Series
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Inductors in Series

Inductors can be connected together in a series connection when the are daisy chained together sharing a common electrical current….

Inductor
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Inductor

An Inductor is a passive electrical component consisting of a coil of wire which is designed to take advantage of…

Diode Clipper also known as a Diode Limiter
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Diode Limiter

The Diode Clipper, also known as a Diode Limiter, is a wave shaping circuit that takes an input waveform and…

LED
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LED

Light Emitting Diodes or simply LED´s, are among the most widely used of all the different types of semiconductor diodes…

Zener Diode
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Zener Diode

A Semiconductor Diode blocks current in the reverse direction, but will suffer from premature breakdown or damage if the reverse…

Full Wave Rectifier
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Full Wave Rectifier

Power Diodes can be connected together to form a full wave rectifier that convert AC voltage into pulsating DC voltage…

Arduino blinking LED
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Make a LED blink using Arduino

EDs (Light-emitting diode) can be found in many colors and sizes. This example shows the simplest thing you can do with…

Arduino RGB LED
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Arduino controlled RGB LED

An RGB LED has 4 pins, one for each color (Red, Green, Blue) and a common cathode. It has three…

Power Diodes
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Power Diodes and Rectifiers

Power Diodes are semiconductor pn-junctions capable of passing large currents at high voltage values for use in rectifier circuits. In…

Schottky Diode
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Schottky Diode

A Schottky Diode is a metal-semiconductor diode with a low forward voltage drop and a very fast switching speed. The…

Signal Diode
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Signal Diode

Signal Diodes are small two-terminal which conducts current when forward biased and blocks current flow when reverse biased. The semiconductor…

Speaker Short Circuit Protection Circuits
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Speaker Short Circuit Protection Circuits

The amplifier features delay, dc protection, and temperature monitoring across the speaker protection circuits. Since the application of short circuit…

PN Junction Diode
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PN Junction Diode

A PN-junction diode is formed when a p-type semiconductor is fused to an n-type semiconductor creating a potential barrier voltage…

PN Junction
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PN Junction

A PN-junction is formed when an N-type material is fused together with a P-type material creating a semiconductor diode. In…

Semiconductor
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Semiconductor

If resistors are the most basic passive component in electrical or electronic circuits, then we have to consider the Signal…

Varistor
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Varistor

The Varistor is a passive two-terminal solid state semiconductor device that is used to provide protection to electrical and electronic…

Resistivity
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Resistivity

Resistivity of materials is the resistance to the flow of an electric current with some materials resisting the current flow…

Darlington Transistors
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Darlington Transistors

The Darlington Transistor configuration of two bipolar transistors offers increased current switching for a given base current. The Darlington Transistor…

Push-button bathroom fan switch
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Push-button bathroom fan switch

Push-button bathroom fan switch design supports timed operation. This design switches a 120VAC load, and includes several much-needed details on…