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± 1. BASIC CONCEPTS OF ELECTRICITY
1.1. Static electricity
1.2. Conductors, insulators, and electron flow
1.3. Electric circuits
1.4. Voltage and current
1.5. Resistance
1.6. Voltage and current in a practical circuit
1.7. Conventional versus electron flow
1.8. Contributors
± 2. OHM's LAW
2.1. How voltage, current, and resistance relate
2.2. An analogy for Ohm's Law
2.3. Power in electric circuits
2.4. Calculating electric power
2.5. Resistors
2.6. Nonlinear conduction
2.7. Circuit wiring
2.8. Polarity of voltage drops
2.9. Computer simulation of electric circuits
2.10. Contributors
± 3. ELECTRICAL SAFETY
3.1. The importance of electrical safety
3.2. Physiological effects of electricity
3.3. Shock current path
3.4. Ohm's Law (again!)
3.5. Safe practices
3.6. Emergency response
3.7. Common sources of hazard
3.8. Safe circuit design
3.9. Safe meter usage
3.10. Electric shock data
3.11. Contributors
± 4. SCIENTIFIC NOTATION AND METRIC PREFIXES
4.1. Scientific notation
4.2. Arithmetic with scientific notation
4.3. Metric notation
4.4. Metric prefix conversions
4.5. Hand calculator use
4.6. Scientific notation in SPICE
4.7. Contributors
± 5. SERIES AND PARALLEL CIRCUITS
5.1. What are "series" and "parallel" circuits?
5.2. Simple series circuits
5.3. Simple parallel circuits
5.4. Conductance
5.5. Power calculations
5.6. Correct use of Ohm's Law
5.7. Component failure analysis
5.8. Building simple resistor circuits
5.9. Contributors
± 6. DIVIDER CIRCUITS AND KIRCHHOFF'S LAWS
6.1. Voltage divider circuits
6.2. Kirchhoff's Voltage Law (KVL)
6.3. Current divider circuits
6.4. Kirchhoff's Current Law (KCL)
6.5. Contributors
± 7. SERIES-PARALLEL COMBINATION CIRCUITS
7.1. What is a series-parallel circuit?
7.2. Analysis technique
7.3. Re-drawing complex schematics
7.4. Component failure analysis
7.5. Building series-parallel resistor circuits
7.6. Contributors
± 8. DC METERING CIRCUITS
8.1. What is a meter?
8.2. Voltmeter design
8.3. Voltmeter impact on measured circuit
8.4. Ammeter design
8.5. Ammeter impact on measured circuit
8.6. Ohmmeter design
8.7. High voltage ohmmeters
8.8. Multimeters
8.9. Kelvin (4-wire) resistance measurement
8.10. Bridge circuits
8.11. Wattmeter design
8.12. Creating custom calibration resistances
8.13. Contributors
± 9. ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTATION SIGNALS
9.1. Analog and digital signals
9.2. Voltage signal systems
9.3. Current signal systems
9.4. Tachogenerators
9.5. Thermocouples
9.6. pH measurement
9.7. Strain gauges
9.8. Contributors
± 10. DC NETWORK ANALYSIS
10.1. What is network analysis?
10.2. Branch current method
10.3. Mesh current method
10.4. Node voltage method
10.5. Introduction to network theorems
10.6. Millman's Theorem
10.7. Superposition Theorem
10.8. Thevenin's Theorem
10.9. Norton's Theorem
10.10. Thevenin-Norton equivalencies
10.11. Millman's Theorem revisited
10.12. Maximum Power Transfer Theorem
10.13. Δ-Y and Y-Δ conversions
10.14. Contributors
± 11. BATTERIES AND POWER SYSTEMS
11.1. Electron activity in chemical reactions
11.2. Battery construction
11.3. Battery ratings
11.4. Special-purpose batteries
11.5. Practical considerations
11.6. Contributors
± 12. PHYSICS OF CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
12.1. Introduction
12.2. Conductor size
12.3. Conductor ampacity
12.4. Fuses
12.5. Specific resistance
12.6. Temperature coefficient of resistance
12.7. Superconductivity
12.8. Insulator breakdown voltage
12.9. Data
12.10. Contributors
± 13. CAPACITORS
13.1. Electric fields and capacitance
13.2. Capacitors and calculus
13.3. Factors affecting capacitance
13.4. Series and parallel capacitors
13.5. Practical considerations
13.6. Contributors
± 14. MAGNETISM AND ELECTROMAGNETISM
14.1. Permanent magnets
14.2. Electromagnetism
14.3. Magnetic units of measurement
14.4. Permeability and saturation
14.5. Electromagnetic induction
14.6. Mutual inductance
14.7. Contributors
± 15. INDUCTORS
15.1. Magnetic fields and inductance
15.2. Inductors and calculus
15.3. Factors affecting inductance
15.4. Series and parallel inductors
15.5. Practical considerations
15.6. Contributors
± 16. RC AND L/R TIME CONSTANTS
16.1. Electrical transients
16.2. Capacitor transient response
16.3. Inductor transient response
16.4. Voltage and current calculations
16.5. Why L/R and not LR?
16.6. Complex voltage and current calculations
16.7. Complex circuits
16.8. Solving for unknown time
16.9. Contributors
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