Amp Definition and 370 Threads

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    How Many Farads Equal 1 Amp Hour at 12V for an E-Bike?

    I was just curious if it would be possible to make my E-bike run on capacitors instead of Lead acid batteries even if the range was much shorter. So how many Farads would equal 1 Amp hour? At 12v let's say for now. Thanks!
  2. P

    Op Amp Circuit Analysis Question: Transfer Function and Ideal Analysis

    Homework Statement G'day, the op-amp circuit is attached. Need to know the Transfer Function. Homework Equations Using Ideal analysis. In=Ip=0A, and Vn=Vp Vo/Vi=-15 The Attempt at a Solution I have had many attempts at it. Because We don't know the input current (no input...
  3. T

    What Makes the Kozmo Overdrive X2 Effect Pedal the Ultimate Boutique Tube Amp?

    What is the ultimate tube amp?
  4. K

    Nuclear Physics - Mass Defect & Binding Energy

    [SOLVED] Nuclear Physics - Mass Defect & Binding Energy 1. Carbon 12 (^{12}_{6}C) has a nuclear mass of 1.99264 x 10-26 kg, a proton has a mass of 1.67353 x 10-27, and a neutron has a mass of 1.67492 x 10-27 kg. Calculate the mass defect for carbon 12. My equation looks like this...
  5. E

    How Do I Calculate the Power Output of a 38 Watt Amp?

    I have a 38 watt amp and I'm trying to figure the Power it produces, but I'm not sure how to find the Velocity. Can anyone clue me in on this? And I know to use the P=V^2/R And sorry if this is in the wrong forum, I'm new. Thanks EDIT: I just found V=f/Lw (velocity=frequency/wavelength) but...
  6. C

    Building a Simple Transistor Amplifier: Tips and Tricks

    Hello, I would like to build a Voltage Amplifier, I did one with 2 Transistors but doesn´t work, it doesn´t amplify. Do you know pleas how to build an Amplifier with transistors and resistors? an easy one with no more then 2 or 4 transistors please. Do you all think it´s possible? Ciani
  7. L

    Mechanical Energy vs Potential Energy & Kinetic Energy

    [SOLVED] Mechanical Energy vs Potential Energy & Kinetic Energy I'm pretty sure I did this one wrong, =( please help clarify? 8. At the Calgary Stampede, you can win a prize if the bell rings when you strike a wooden block with a 10.0-kg hammer. The block is at one end of a lever. The...
  8. R

    Complex analysis - maximum modulus & analytic function

    [SOLVED] complex analysis - maximum modulus &amp; analytic function Hi all, I'm having difficulty figuring out how to do the following two problems in complex analysis. I need help! 1. Consider the infinite strip -\pi< I am z < \pi. Does maximum modulus principle apply to this strip? Why or...
  9. E

    Dimensionality, Rangespace &amp; Nullspace Problem

    [SOLVED] Dimensionality, Rangespace &amp; Nullspace Problem Homework Statement Prove (where A is an n x n matrix and so defines a transformation of any n-dimensional space V with respect to B, B where B is a basis of V) that \dim(R(A) \cap N(A)) = \dim R(A) - \dim R(A^2) The attempt at a...
  10. P

    Finding Local Maxima and Minima Points for a Cubic Function

    [SOLVED] Local Max &amp; Min problem I'm having a real tough time finishing this problem. I have to find the local maxima and minima points for g(x). g(x) = 1 + 4x - 10x^2 + x^4 (dy/dx) = 4 - 20x + 4x^3 I've been trying to factor it to get the max and min points, but I find it...
  11. malawi_glenn

    Lifetime &amp; Branching ratio

    [SOLVED] Lifetime &amp; Branching ratio Hi! In my book Particle Physics by Martin & Shaw, eq 2.15: Lifetime: \tau _l = \dfrac{B(l^- \rightarrow e^-\bar{\nu }_e\nu _l )}{\Gamma (l^-\rightarrow e^-\bar{\nu }_e\nu _l )} Where B is branching ratio and Gamma the decay rate and l is a...
  12. I

    Calculate Friction based on v, t, m &amp; F

    [SOLVED] Calculate Friction based on v, t, m &amp; F Homework Statement A dragster reaches 350km/h from rest in 6.2s. If the car is 800kg and generates a driving force of 1600N, find the force of friction acting on the car.Homework Equations Fnet = maThe Attempt at a Solution I tried...
  13. S

    Why do some op amps require capacitors in parallel with supply voltages?

    For the INA101, in the configuration for the most basic circuit with the TO-100 package, two 1 mircofarad capacitors seem to be required to be placed in parallel with the supply voltages. Why is this, and is it actually necessary for an operating circuit, since the circuit example with the Dip...
  14. I

    Circuits Op Amp R equilvalent help

    [SOLVED] Circuits Op Amp R equilvalent help! Homework Statement I'm working on Ideal op amps and I need to find the R equivalent of the system. I'm not sure if this term is used in other places but R equivalent = total Resistance of the circuit...
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    How Do You Calculate the Equivalent Resistance in an Op Amp Circuit?

    [SOLVED] Op Amp Requivalent Please help! Homework Statement I'm working on Ideal op amps and I need to find the R equivalent of the system. I'm not sure if this term is used in other places but R equivalent = total Resistance of the circuit. http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4386/reqrk6.png...
  16. S

    Word problems (volume &amp; work by integrals)

    [SOLVED] Word problems (volume &amp; work by integrals) Homework Statement a) A pie-dish with circular cross-section is 24cm across the top, 16cm across the bottom and 6cm deep. Find the volume of the dish. b) A water tank in the form of a cylinder with height 20 ft and radius 6 ft is...
  17. J

    Inductor as a differentiator (op amp)

    Homework Statement Sorry this computer doesn't have access to PSPICE and I don't have a scanner, but let's say that I have an op amp. 1) there is a time varying voltage source Vs 2) There is a resistor R1 connected to the inverting input of the op amp 3) The noninverting pin is connected...
  18. I

    Normalizer &amp; normal subgroup related

    [SOLVED] Normalizer &amp; normal subgroup related Let H \subset G. Why is H a normal subgroup of its own normalizer in G?
  19. T

    Rigid Objects in Equilibrium &amp; Center of Gravity

    [SOLVED] Rigid Objects in Equilibrium &amp; Center of Gravity Homework Statement http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8568/0968lr6sc4.gif A lunch tray is being held in one hand, as the drawing illustrates. The mass of the tray itself is 0.220 kg, and its center of gravity is located at...
  20. K

    Q&A on Electrical Connections, 100 Amp Wiring, Marx Generator & Capacitors

    Hi, everyone I am new around here and was wondering if anybody could answer some basic questions for me? 1. I was wondering how you would make an electrical connection or for example a direct connect from a battery to switch the electrons to be only negative or only positive. 2. If you...
  21. E

    VWhat output should I expect from my operational amp circuit using UA741?

    I am designing a circuit using ua741 opamp to obtain a gain, in order to get a output on one of the inputs such as V1 should I ground the other two inputs and have a 0 voltage on ac or dc and also should I use ac or dc source because the professor did not specify..
  22. T

    Vertical Circular Motion &amp; Centripetal Acceleration

    [SOLVED] Vertical Circular Motion &amp; Centripetal Acceleration Homework Statement 1) A car travels at a constant speed around a circular track whose radius is 2.1 km. The car goes once around the track in 410 s. What is the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration of the car? Homework...
  23. K

    Osmotic Pressure &amp; Mass Percent

    [SOLVED] Osmotic Pressure &amp; Mass Percent A solid mixture of KCL, KNO3, and Ba(NO3)2 is 20.92 mass percent chlorine, and a 1.000g sample of the mixture in 500.0 mL of aqueous solution at 25 C has an osmotic pressure of 744.7 mm Hg. What are the mass percents of KCl, KNO3, and Ba(NO3)2 in...
  24. quasar987

    Hilbert space &amp; orthogonal projection

    [SOLVED] Hilbert space &amp; orthogonal projection Homework Statement Let H be a real Hilbert space, C a closed convex non void subset of H, and a: H x H-->R be a continuous coercive bilinear form (i.e. (i) a is linear in both arguments (ii) There exists M \geq 0 such that |a(x,y)| \leq...
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    Engineering Solution to Op Amp Circuit Problem: R1=R2=R3=R5=R

    Homework Statement For the following circuit, sketch v2/v1 as a function of R4, if R1=R2=R3=R5=R. Also explain the behaviour of the circuit when R4=R/2. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution After solving the circuit, i came up with v2/v1=2R4/(2R4-R). Now, if R4=R/2 ...
  26. F

    Engineering Solve Op Amp Circuit Problem: Find V2/V1 w/Potentiometer

    Homework Statement The op amp circuit shown bellow is intended to provide any gain between -10 (for k=0) and +10 (for k=1) by adjusting the potentiometer. Let R1 and R2 have the scaled values, show that.. V2/V1= {r1/(r1+10k)} [-11/{1+(10kr1/r1+10k)}] + [r2/r2+10(1-k)] [1+...
  27. I

    Gravitation &amp; Escape Speed - Stone leaving Earth and reached the Moon.

    [SOLVED] Gravitation &amp; Escape Speed - Stone leaving Earth and reached the Moon. Hello everyone, I have one question on gravitation and escape speed. In the earlier part of the question, the minimum speed for the stone to leave the Earth is calculated and its final destination is the Moon...
  28. E

    Can anyone recommend an integrator op amp?

    Hi, I'm building an integrator using an op-amp to integrate 15 volt 65nS pulses at a repetition rate of 100Khz using a 20uS time constant. Can anyone recommend a suitable op-amp for this application. It needs to have very low input bias current to minimise d.c. drift and have sufficient...
  29. M

    Yet another Op Amp question. Damn I hate these things

    For the circuit below, find Vx and Vo. http://www.freewebs.com/mushg/FWThumbnails/OpAmp.bmp
  30. quasar987

    Real analysis - show convex functions are left &amp; right differentiable

    [SOLVED] Real analysis - show convex functions are left &amp; right differentiable Homework Statement Let f:R-->R be convex. Show f admits in every point a left derivative and a right derivative. Homework Equations A function f:R-->R is convex if x1 < x < x2 implies f(x)\leq...
  31. H

    Solving for Torque and Angular Speed in an Engine

    [SOLVED] Torque &amp; Angular Speed Homework Statement The wheel of an engine has a moment of inertia 2.80kgm^2 about its rotation axis. What constant torque is required to bring it up to an angular speed of 360 rev/min in a time of 7.60 s, starting from rest? What is its final...
  32. M

    Understanding the Op Amp Minus Sign Symbol

    What does it mean when an op amp has only a minus sign in its symbol? Is the positive terminal at ground, or is it at some arbitrary voltage?
  33. E

    Solving an Op Amp Circuit with Mathematica

    Here's my problem: Rs is a resistor whose value depends on temperature. Rs = R0 - 1.8T, where R0 = 5000 ohms and T is in Kelvin. If the ideal op amp has +/- 15 V power rails and you want to maximize the circuit's sensitivity, what should Rf be on the op amp? What is your maximum...
  34. T

    Bernoulli, Poisson &amp; Normal Probability

    [SOLVED] Bernoulli, Poisson &amp; Normal Probability Homework Statement Every chocolate bar contains 100 squares, with 10% of the individual squares presenting a health hazard to people consuming them. (a) Using the Binomial, Poisson and Normal distributions, write down formulas for...
  35. V

    How Does a Car Amplifier Boost Speaker Power?

    I know that in car audio systems amps are used to increase power to the speakers especially the subwoofers but how exactly does it do that? If an amp is 1000 watts and watts is volts times amps than what is the amp doing to make the 1000 watts? Also in some cars that have systems that are...
  36. W

    P-Channel FET Amp: Deriving Output Voltage

    I came across a schematic of a buffer amplifier utilizing a p-channel fet as input. It is from a sweep oscillator generating a ramp voltage by charging C3 and C4 with a constant current, (current source is not shown, Q2 just acts as a switch or buffer). Now as the voltage rises linearly across...
  37. V

    Second Order Op Amp circuit: Find Vo for t > 0

    Homework Statement In the circuit below, determine v_o(t) for t > 0. Let V_{IN}\,=\,u(t)\,V, R_!\,=\,R_2\,=\,10\,k\Omega, C_1\,=\,C_2\,=\,100\,\muF. http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/3840/problem867cg5.jpg Homework Equations i_c\,=\,C\,\frac{dv_c}{dt} The Attempt at a...
  38. E

    Change in Tension &amp; Fundamental Frequency of a String

    [SOLVED] Change in Tension &amp; Fundamental Frequency of a String Problem. Show that if the tension in a streched string is change by a small amount \Delta F_T, the frequency of the fundamental is changed by a small amount \Delta f = 1/2 (\Delta F_T / F_T) f. Let T be the intial tension and h...
  39. N

    BJT: common-base amp; moving-coil microphones/preamps

    I was researching a bit about the common-base configuration of a BJT transistor on wikipedia, and I found this quote: "This arrangement is not used as much as other configurations in low frequency circuits but is often employed for amplifiers that require an unusually low input impedance, for...
  40. S

    Engineering How Does Setting Rx to 60k Affect the Output Voltage in an Ideal Op Amp Circuit?

    1. http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/8971/opampanalysisxe2.png Assume that the op amp in the circuit shown is ideal. a.) Find the output voltage when the variable resistor Rx is set to 60k Assuming Ideal Op amp. All currents leaving nodes are negative. V+ = V- = 0 and In = Ip = 0...
  41. D

    Newbie Needs Op Amp Help on Homework Problem

    I'm new to op-amps, and would like some guidance. I have a quick question on this HW problem. I'm not asking you to do it for me, but I want to see if my hunch is correct: http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/8872/screenshot01bb7.jpg Now, using ideal op-amp model... I'm going to assume: V+ = V1...
  42. N

    Designing an Op-Amp with Variable Gain: Need Advice

    Homework Statement Design an op-amp that uses a variable 50k ohm resistor. when this variable resistor is at one extreme, the gain is 13, and at the other extreme, the gain is 3. you may use up to 2 op-amps, and up to 7 resistors (including the variable resistor) The Attempt at a Solution...
  43. W

    The Mystery Behind a 20dB Amp at 20MHz

    Here I have an elusive schematic of a 20 dB amp at around 20 MHz. It works as a unity gain amp when the control line IFG2 is open. When grounded it amplifies by 20 dB. The diode is a pin diode and supposedly has 83 ohms when the current is flowing through it. The +10 volts comes from a...
  44. B

    Op Amp Resources: Learn How to Calculate Output Voltage

    This may be kind of odd, but this is my first post, so I'm kinda new at this. I need to calculate the output voltage of an op amp with a 2 mA current source inputting into the inverting side, and a ground connected to the inverting input. There is a 1 kiloOhm resistor going across the op amp...
  45. R

    Finding V_o and i_o for an Ideal Op Amp Circuit with Multiple Unknowns

    Find V_o and i_o. Assume an ideal op amp. http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/2426/633bb0.jpg I tried applying KCL at v1 and v2 nodes but then got stuck because I had 2 equations with 3 unknowns. \frac{12-v_1}{4} = \frac{v_1-v_2}{8} and \frac{v_1-v_2}{8}+\frac{-10-v_2}{20}= i_o...
  46. M

    Combining Summing and Difference Op Amps: Troubleshooting v_+

    hey guys, i have a HW problem of a combination of a summing and difference op amp. I got the first few steps of the problem, but i don't know how to continue from where i am. I am having a hard time solving for v_+. any help is greatly appreciatd, maybe if you guys can not solve the problem for...
  47. P

    Op. amp tuned to dynamic range ?

    Op. amp tuned to "dynamic range"? You'll have to excuse me if this is a silly question, but I'm self taught in electrical engineering practices, and there are some simple things I've missed. Here is what I am trying to do(hypothetically): I have a sensor/ transducer that has a ratiometric...
  48. S

    High volt result low amp, why?

    hi, i am quite new to physics, so i hope you guys could tolerate with me :blushing: from what i read from internet and some chat with people, i know high volt is the result of high different potential (eg. point A got lots of electrons, so point A electrons moves to point B through a...
  49. D

    What are the best resources for designing a low-noise 60W tube amp?

    Hey everyone! I have a project going on with a friend...a hifi tube amp! yeehaw! Im going to start small the 60 watt range (30 per channel) and am wondering if anyone has any recommended reading for tube amp circuits, i need a book that gets right down into the dirt of tubes so that i can...
  50. A

    400W Powered Amp for small signal input

    Hey guys, I'd like to build a 400W powered amplifier for small signal input from a microphone source to amplify vocals out of PA speakers. I have found the following schematic and I have two questions for whomever is willing to help: 1) Is this circuit adequate for the application? 2)...
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