Introduction - Chapter 4: AC CIRCUITS - Volume VI

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Introduction - Chapter 4: AC CIRCUITS - Volume VI - Experiments
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Sensitive audio detector
Sensing AC magnetic fields
Introduction
Sensing AC electric fields
Automotive alternator
"AC" stands for Alternating Current, which can refer to either voltage or current
Phase shift that alternates in polarity or direction, respectively. These experiments are
designed to introduce you to several important concepts specific to AC.
Sound cancellation
Musical keyboard as a signal A convenient source of AC voltage is household wall-socket power, which
presents significant shock hazard. In order to minimize this hazard while taking
generator
advantage of the convenience of this source of AC, a small power supply will be
PC Oscilloscope the first project, consisting of a transformer that steps the hazardous voltage
(110 to 120 volts AC, RMS) down to 12 volts or less. The title of "power supply"
Waveform analysis is somewhat misleading. This device does not really act as a source or supply of
power, but rather as a power converter, to reduce the hazardous voltage of wall-
Inductor-capacitor "tank" circuit socket power to a much safer level.
Signal coupling
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CONCEPTS OF
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Chapter 2: OHM'S LAW
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Chapter 3: ELECTRICAL
SAFETY
Chapter 4: SCIENTIFIC
NOTATION AND METRIC
PREFIXES
Chapter 5: SERIES AND
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
Chapter 6: DIVIDER
CIRCUITS AND
KIRCHHOFF'S LAWS
Chapter 7: SERIES-
PARALLEL COMBINATION
CIRCUITS
Chapter 8: DC METERING
CIRCUITS
Chapter 9: ELECTRICAL
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SIGNALS
Chapter 10: DC NETWORK
ANALYSIS
Chapter 11: BATTERIES
AND POWER SYSTEMS
Chapter 12: THE PHYSICS
OF CONDUCTORS AND
INSULATORS
Chapter 13: CAPACITORS
Chapter 14: MAGNETISM
AND
ELECTROMAGNETISM
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Chapter 16: RC AND L/R
TIME CONSTANTS
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Chapter 1: BASIC AC
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Chapter 2: COMPLEX Volume II - AC
NUMBERS
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Chapter 3: REACTANCE
AND IMPEDANCE --
INDUCTIVE
Chapter 4: REACTANCE
AND IMPEDANCE --
CAPACITIVE
Chapter 5: REACTANCE
AND IMPEDANCE -- R, L,
AND C
Chapter 6: RESONANCE
Chapter 7: MIXED-
FREQUENCY AC SIGNALS
Chapter 8: FILTERS
Chapter 9: TRANSFORMERS
Chapter 10: POLYPHASE AC
CIRCUITS
Chapter 11: POWER
FACTOR
Chapter 12: AC METERING
CIRCUITS
Chapter 13: TRANSMISSION
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DEVICE THEORY
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Chapter 3: DIODES AND
RECTIFIERS
Chapter 4: BIPOLAR
JUNCTION TRANSISTORS
Chapter 5: JUNCTION FIELD-
EFFECT TRANSISTORS
Chapter 6: INSULATED-
GATE FIELD-EFFECT
TRANSISTORS
Chapter 7: THYRISTORS
Chapter 8: OPERATIONAL
AMPLIFIERS
Chapter 9: PRACTICAL
ANALOG
SEMICONDUCTOR
CIRCUITS
Chapter 10: ACTIVE
FILTERS
Chapter 11: DC MOTOR
DRIVES
Chapter 12: INVERTERS
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Chapter 1: NUMERATION
SYSTEMS
Chapter 2: BINARY Volume IV - Digital
ARITHMETIC
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Chapter 3: LOGIC GATES
Chapter 4: SWITCHES
Chapter 5:
ELECTROMECHANICAL
RELAYS
Chapter 6: LADDER LOGIC
Chapter 7: BOOLEAN
ALGEBRA
Chapter 8: KARNAUGH
MAPPING
Chapter 9:
COMBINATIONAL LOGIC
FUNCTIONS
Chapter 10:
MULTIVIBRATORS
Chapter 11: COUNTERS
Chapter 12: SHIFT
REGISTERS
Chapter 13: DIGITAL-
ANALOG CONVERSION
Chapter 14: DIGITAL
COMMUNICATION
Chapter 15: DIGITAL
STORAGE (MEMORY)
Chapter 16: PRINCIPLES OF
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