Electronics Explained

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3D TV, 264-265

A

AC. See Alternating current

Accumulator

in ALU, 130

register, 129–130

Actuator, 289–298. See also Motor; Relay; Solenoid

ADC. See Analog-to-digital converter

Address buffer, 131, 132f

Address bus, 135

Address register, memory, 131, 132f

Addressing, in RAM, 113f

Aircraft, radio in, 176

Alkaline battery, 30t

Alternating current (AC), 26–29, 27f

capacitors’ passing of, 49f

frequency of, 28

generators for, 33

inverters for, 33

motor, 298

oscillator in, 26, 33

polarity of, 26

signal shapes of, 26, 27f

in solar power system, 87f

sources for, 33

voltage measurement for, 28–29

Alternator, 33

ALU. See Arithmetic logic unit

AM. See Amplitude ...