Machine generated contents note: Reference vs. Tutorial
Inclusions and Exclusions
Typographical Conventions
Short Circuits: Overheating And Fire
Diminished Performance Caused By Improper Recharging
Complete Discharge Of Lead-Acid Battery
High Current Flow Between Parallel Batteries
Termination And Contact Plating
Misidentified Shorting Switch
Wrong Shaft, Wrong Knobs, Nuts That Get Lost, Too Big To Fit
General Purpose/Industrial
Current Limiting With A Transistor
Pullup And Pulldown Resistors
Classic-Style Potentiometer
Multiple-Turn Potentiometer
A Shaft That Isn't Long Enough
Sliders With No Finger Grip
Alternating Current And Capacitive Reactance
Equivalent Series Resistance
Capacitor As A Battery Substitute
Specific Electrolytic issues
Failure To Ground Trimmer Capacitor While Adjusting It
Application Of Overcoat Material Or "Lock Paint"
Electrical And Magnetic Polarity
Series And Parallel Configurations
Surface Mount Transformer
Reversal Of Input And Output
Shock Hazard From Common Ground
Linear Regulated Power Supply
Flyback Converter With Inductor
Flyback Converter With Transformer
Nominal Input Voltage And Frequency
Input Current And Output Current
Electrical Noise In Output
Inaccurate Voltage Output With Low Load
Negative And Positive Regulators
Low-Dropout Linear Regulators
Quasi-Low-Dropout Linear Regulators
Inadequate Heat Management
Dropout Caused By Low Battery
Inaccurate Delivered Voltage
Power -- How To Use It -- What Can Go Wrong -- Heat -- AC Inrush -- Unwanted EMF -- Loose Plunger -- Rotational -- 22.DC Motor -- What It Does -- How It Works -- Variants -- Coil Configurations -- Gearhead Motor -- Brushless DC Motor -- Linear Actuator -- Values -- How To Use It -- Speed Control -- Direction Control -- Limit Switches -- What Can Go Wrong -- Brushes And Commutator -- Electrical Noise -- Heat Effects -- Ambient Conditions -- Wrong Shaft Type Or Diameter -- Incompatible Motor Mounts -- Backlash -- Bearings -- Audible Noise -- 23.AC Motor -- What It Does -- How It Works -- Stator Design -- Rotor Design -- Variants -- Single-Phase Induction Motor -- Three-Phase Induction Motor -- Synchronous Motor -- Reluctance Motor -- Variable Frequency Drive -- Wound-Rotor AC Induction Motor -- Universal Motor -- Inverted AC Motors -- Values -- How To Use It -- What Can Go Wrong -- Premature Restart -- Frequent Restart -- Undervoltage Or Voltage Imbalance -- Stalled Motor -- Protective Relays -- Excess Torque -- Internal Breakage -- 24.Servo Motor -- What It Does -- How It Works -- Variants -- Values -- How To Use It -- Modification For Continuous Rotation -- What Can Go Wrong -- Incorrect Wiring -- Shaft/Horn Mismatch -- Unrealistically Rapid Software Commands -- Jitter -- Motor Overload -- Unrealistic Duty Cycle -- Electrical Noise -- 25.Stepper Motor -- What It Does -- How It Works -- Reluctance Stepper Motors -- Permanent Magnet Stepper Motors -- Bipolar Stepper Motors -- Unipolar Motors -- Variants -- High Phase Count -- Hybrid -- Bifilar -- Multiphase -- Microstepping -- Sensing And Feedback -- Voltage Control -- Values -- How To Use It -- Protection Diodes -- Positional Control -- What Can Go Wrong -- Incorrect Wiring -- Step Loss -- Excessive Torque -- Hysteresis -- Resonance -- Hunting -- Saturation -- Rotor Demagnetization -- Single Junction -- 26.Diode -- What It Does -- How It Works -- Variants -- Packaging -- Signal Diodes -- Rectifier Diodes -- Zener Diode -- Transient Voltage Suppressor (TVS) -- Schottky Diode -- Varactor Diode -- Tunnel Diode, Gunn Diode, PIN Diode -- Diode Array -- Bridge Rectifier -- Values -- How to Use It -- Rectification --
Note continued: Back-EMF Suppression
DC Voltage Regulation And Noise Suppression
AC Voltage Control And Signal Clipping
27.Unijunction Transistor
Wrong Connections On A Bipolar Transistor
Wrong Connections On A Darlington Pair Chip
Excessive Current Or Voltage
29.Field Effect Transistor
Voltage-Controlled Resistor
Compatibility With Digital Devices
