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Edison Version 4
provides a unique new environment for learning electricity and
electronics. Teachers, students and electronics enthusiasts
can use digitally scanned photorealistic components, a
solderless breadboard, virtual instruments, sound and
animation to create, test, and safely repair lifelike 3D
circuits and simultaneously see the corresponding circuit
schematic. Edison also comes with over 100 experiments and
problems that teachers and students can use immediately.
Select lifelike batteries, resistors, diodes,
LEDs, transistors, logic gates, flip-flops, and even
integrated circuits-- all easily available on the shelves of
your multimedia lab. Pick and drag components onto your
worktable or plug them into the realistic virtual breadboard,
where you can even see the hidden internal connections. Wire
the parts together with the mouse and your circuit begins
working immediately so you can test and troubleshoot it with
virtual instruments. In addition, Edison automatically
prepares a standard schematic diagram and displays it
simultaneously.
Once you have become familiar with schematic
diagrams, you can use Edison뭩 schematic editor and circuit
analyzer, compatible with the more advanced TINA circuit
analysis program. Edison provides a state of the art analysis
results window in addition to its virtual instruments. Using
the results window, you can create diagrams with full control
over axes, line style, color and fonts. You can print or save
these diagrams and the 3D circuit in high resolution, or cut
and paste them into your favorite word processor.
One of the most intriguing and innovative
features of the new Edison is that it can not only calculate
voltages and currents, but also, for linear circuits, show how
these results are derived or mathematically described. For
example, you can learn how to use Ohm뭩 law, how the output of
a filter varies with frequency, and how the voltage of a
charging capacitor varies as a function of time.
Multimedia Lab for
Exploring Electricity and Electronics
- Create, test, and repair circuits safely
and easily with lifelike 3D components and get the shematics
simultaneously.
- Explore the laws of electricity and electronics
via multimedia screen with virtual measurements, sound and
animation.
- Full range of analog and digital electronic
components.
- 100+ experiments and problems perfectly combine
fun with education.
- Tools to create your own courseware to match
curriculum objectives.
- Fits science, physics and basic
electronics curriculums.
Edison is the exciting new way to
teach and learn about Electricity-Electronics. You can use the
multimedia functions of Edison to investigate and experiment
on screen to find out how real circuits behave.
Lifelike 3D components are
connected using the mouse to form realistic networks. Bulbs
burn more brightly and motors turn more quickly as the applied
voltage is increased. You can see the bulb light and even hear
the motor turn. Change the value of components to alter the
scenario - resistor color codes change automatically!
If
the voltage is too high the bulb will blow! However all is not
lost; use the repair facility to restore the damaged component
and make the circuit work. Introduce meters to measure circuit
parameters and discover and prove the laws of electricity.
Design practical circuits and introduce faults so that problem
solving techniques can be mastered.
Edison is suitable from age 8 to
pre-university level. It provides a precise but fun
environment in which students can discover the excitement of
the Fabulous World of Electricity.
Also available: Edison 2.0
Edison 2.0 is available in two versions:
DC only and AC and DC.
DC only version: Bulbs,
Batteries, Resistors, Motors, variable Power Supplies,
Variable Resistors, Switches, Voltmeters, Ammeters and
Ohmmeters.
Make your own circuits or select from 27 exciting
electric experiments included in the program. See, read, hear,
and experiment with a wide assortment of electrical scenarios.
You can also practice troubleshooting or solve more than 100
problems provided or create your own.
AC and DC version: Includes
all DC components plus Oscilloscopes, Signal Analyzers,
Variable Phase Sinewave Generators, Loudspeakers,
AC-Multimeters, Inductors and Capacitors.
Play with the new electrifying brain game included
in the program. Combine strategy, tactic and luck to find your
way in the exciting world of electricity. Play, win,
troubleshoot, and then experiment again! As an added bonus,
get an inside view of the real electronic circuit design.
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