Recent content by Mike Stanley

Electromagnetics simulation tool Infolytica offers a free version of their MagNet tool at http://www.infolytica.com/en/products/trial/. I tinkered with it a bit over the holidays, and I think it will easily do what you are after. They've also got some great documentation at...

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If you have access to IEEE Xplore, you might look up " Methods for electric power measurements". The URL is http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=985253. The paper discusses electric meter calculations, but I think it directly relates to your question. Regards, Mike Stanley...

Pseudo Statistic, time to do a bit of reading. You might start at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohm%27s_law, or simply Google "Ohm's Law" and you'll find plenty of background - which you MUST read if you want to understand your coursework.

Pot Explanation Pseudo Statistic, a pot IS just a variable resistor - actually, it's two. The resistance between the outer two terminals will be a constant value, let's say 10K ohms for example. By moving the slider, you effectively place a tap somewhere in the middle of that resistance...

E.E. Tutorial Site - EE HomePage.com I maintain a site at http://www.eehomepage.com which is targeted at practicing engineers, educators and students. It's got reference materials at levels from 1st year university to graduate level. You might start with the "References" page. Sort by "type"...