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DC Circuits
K7-43: RELAXATION OSCILLATOR - NEON LAMP
Category:
K7 RLC Circuits
Purpose
:
Demonstrate a pulse circuit with different pulse rates.
K7-42: BARRICADE FLASHER
Category:
K7 RLC Circuits
Purpose
:
Demonstrate a barricade flasher circuit.
K7-31: RLC CIRCUIT - OVER/UNDER/CRITICAL DAMPING
Category:
K7 RLC Circuits
Purpose
:
Demonstrate over/under/critical damping in a series RLC circuit.
K7-30: RLC CIRCUIT - RINGING
Category:
K7 RLC Circuits
Purpose
:
Demonstrate ringing in a simple RLC circuit.
K7-15: CURRENT IN RC CIRCUIT?
Category:
K7 RLC Circuits
Purpose
:
Demonstrate charging of a capacitor in a possibly counterintuitive way.
K7-12: RC CIRCUIT - RC TIME CONSTANT - PROJECTION METERS
Category:
K7 RLC Circuits
Purpose
:
Measure an RC time constant and to observe the shape of the charging and discharging curves.
K7-05: SERIES MOTOR AND LIGHT BULB CONUNDRUM
Category:
K7 RLC Circuits
Purpose
:
Generate thought about how a motor works.
K6-52: IMPEDANCE MATCHING - BATTERY AND JOULEMETER
Category:
K6 Electric Circuits and Instruments
Purpose
:
Demonstrate that the power transmission is maximized when the source impedance and the load impedance are equal.
K6-51: KIRCHHOFF'S LAWS
Category:
K6 Electric Circuits and Instruments
Purpose
:
Apply Kirchhoff's laws to a simple two-loop problem.
K6-36: VISIBLE AMMETER
Category:
K6 Electric Circuits and Instruments
Purpose
:
See some of the important parts inside an ammeter.
K6-35: VOLTAGE DIVIDER
Category:
K6 Electric Circuits and Instruments
Purpose
:
Show how a voltage divider can be used to produce any voltage up to the maximum of the source.
K6-33: WHEATSTONE BRIDGE
Category:
K6 Electric Circuits and Instruments
Purpose
:
Demonstrate operation of a Wheatstone bridge.
K6-32: POTENTIOMETER
Category:
K6 Electric Circuits and Instruments
Purpose
:
Find an unknown EMF using a voltage divider.
K6-12: SERIES/PARALLEL LIGHT CIRCUIT CONUNDRUM
Category:
K6 Electric Circuits and Instruments
Purpose
:
Test your ability to analyze series/parallel circuit.
K5-42: TRANSISTOR
Category:
K5 Electrical Properties of Matter
Purpose
:
Demonstrate a transistor circuit.
I1-17: THERMOSTAT - MODEL
Category:
I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
Purpose
:
Model of use of a bimetal strip in a thermostat.
J4-43: CAPACITORS IN SERIES AND PARALLEL WITH PROJECTION METER
Category:
J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose
:
Illustrate voltage relations in series and parallel capacitor circuits.
J4-42: CAPACITORS IN SERIES AND PARALLEL
Category:
J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the voltage/charge/capacitance relationships in series and parallel capacitor circuits.
J4-03: PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR - SERIES CAPACITORS
Category:
J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the effect of capacitors in series.
K7-11 RC CIRCUIT - RC TIME CONSTANT - OSCILLOSCOPE
Category:
K7 RLC Circuits
Purpose
:
Observe the shape of the charging and discharging curves. Measures an RC time constant.
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