Modulating a dc current

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Hi, i am learning electronic, and i can't figure that one out.

I know that "when a fluctuating electric current flow through a wire, it generates a magnetic field", is the reverse true. Can you use a magnetic field to modulate an electric current. If it's the case, can i use this in a circuit with a constant load like a class A amplifier?

I'll appreciate if you could help, thanks.
 
Wagaloo said:
Can you use a magnetic field to modulate an electric current.
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Yes, that's how transformers work.
But to do it in a single wire generally requires a large magnetic field for even just a small voltage deviation (the current deviation from this voltage depends upon the resistance of the wire and its load).
 
Wagaloo said:
Can you use a magnetic field to modulate an electric current.
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It's also how generators work. They use a steam power (or a gas engine) to turn a giant rotor with magnets on it and the magnets move past coils of wire which produces current in the wire.
 
dknguyen said:
magnets move past coils of wire which produces current in the wire.
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Technically it produces voltage.
The current depends upon the impedance (load) of the wire.
Thus a generator with no load still produces voltage, but no current.
 
crutschow said:
Technically it produces voltage.
The current depends upon the impedance (load) of the wire.
Thus a generator with no load still produces voltage, but no current.
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Yeah, but I chose to say current so as not to confuse the OP since that's the way he phrased it and there seems to be a language barrier.
 
dknguyen said:
Yeah, but I chose to say current so as not to confuse the OP since that's the way he phrased it and there seems to be a language barrier.
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Okay.
But I think it's better to be technically correct than to be concerned about a possible language barrier or confusing the OP.
If the OP doesn't learn the correct terms, then he will continue to perpetrate his incorrect understanding.
 
crutschow said:
Okay.
But I think it's better to be technically correct than to be concerned about a possible language barrier or confusing the OP.
If the OP doesn't learn the correct terms, then he will continue to perpetrate his incorrect understanding.
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My leniency varies from day to day depending on how charitable I'm feeling
 
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Magnetic tape heads and dynamic microphones are other examples where a changing magnetic field produces electrical changes.
 
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