AC Circuits

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Chapter 6
AC Circuits and Filters

It is possible to generate electricity by spinning a coil within a magnetic field. A sinusoidal voltage is generated as a result of this spinning coil.

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View R2 Applet: "The relations between circular motion, simple harmonic motion and wave"

Capacitor Demonstration:

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The animation below shows the input and output of the differentiator circuit. The signal Generator provides a 1 kHz square wave input to RC circuit. C is provided by a virtual capacitance decade box.

Vertical sensitivity = 1 volt/cm
Horizontal sensitivity = .2 ms/cm

RC Circuit Demonstration:

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JavaScript for scientific Calculation You may have noticed that I have not discussed calculations in this tutorial. I teach calculations using JavaScript. JavaScript programs can be developed with Notepad and Internet Explorer. These programs are on most computers that use Windows.

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