Vol. I - Direct Current (DC)

Vol I. Credits

Vol I. Credits

All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major contributions are listed by individual name with some detail on the…

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4-wire Kelvin Resistance Measurement

Suppose we wished to measure the resistance of some component located a significant distance away from our ohmmeter. Such a…

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Static Electricity

Static electricity was discovered centuries ago that certain types of materials would mysteriously attract one another after being rubbed together.…

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Series-Parallel Resistor Circuit Analysis

The goal of series-parallel resistor circuit analysis is to be able to determine all voltage drops, currents, and power dissipations…

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Failure Analysis of Circuit Resistors

”I consider that I understand an equation when I can predict the properties of its solutions, without actually solving it.”…

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Building Series-Parallel Resistor Circuits

Once again, when building battery/resistor circuits, the student or hobbyist is faced with several different modes of construction. Perhaps the…

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What is a Meter?

A meter is any device built to accurately detect and display an electrical quantity in a form readable by a…

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Re-drawing Complex Circuit Schematics

Typically, complex circuits are not arranged in nice, neat, clean schematic diagrams for us to follow. They are often drawn…

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Conductors, Insulators, and Electron Flow

The electrons of different types of atoms have different degrees of freedom to move around. With some types of materials,…

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Electric Circuits

You might have been wondering how electrons can continuously flow in a uniform direction through wires without the benefit of…

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