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Wirewound Resistor

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What is a Wirewound Resistor? A wirewound resistor is an electrical…

Potentiometer

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What is a Potentiometer? A potentiometer is a manually adjustable…

Resistance of a Resistor

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Resistance of a Resistor The function of a resistor is to oppose the…

Wirewound Resistor

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What is a Wirewound Resistor? A wirewound resistor is an electrical…

Passive And Active Electronic Components

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In a previous page, we discussed phasors, but we didn’t explore…

Dielectric Materials

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Dielectric materials Dielectric materials are essentially insulators,…

Resistor Sizes and Packages

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Resistors are available in a large number of different package styles…

Thin and Thick Film

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What are Thin and Thick Film Resistors? Thin and thick film resistors…

Metal Film Resistor

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Metal Film Resistors Metal film resistors have a thin metal layer as…

Carbon Film Resistor

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What is a Carbon Film Resistor? Carbon film resistors are a type of…

Ohm’s Law

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What Is Ohm’s Law? Ohm’s law states that the electrical…

Motor starting capacitor

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Motor capacitors AC induction motors use a rotating magnetic field to…

Carbon Composition Resistor

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An Introduction to Carbon Composition Resistors Carbon composition…

Metal Oxide Film Resistor

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What are Metal Oxide Film Resistors? Metal-oxide film resistors are…

NTC Thermistor

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What are NTC Thermistors? NTC stands for "Negative Temperature…

Electric Field

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What is an electric field? An electric field is a special state that…

Magneto Resistor

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What is a Magneto Resistor Magneto resistors have a variable…

Thermistor

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What is a Thermistor? A thermistor is a temperature sensitive…

Wirewound Resistor

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What is a Wirewound Resistor? A wirewound resistor is an electrical…

Trimmer Capacitor

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What are trimmer capacitors? Trimmer capacitors are variable…

Carbon Composition Resistor

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An Introduction to Carbon Composition Resistors Carbon composition…

Blower Resistor

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What is a Blower Resistor? Blower resistors are resistors which are…

Heater Resistor

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What are Heater Resistors? Heater resistors are used whenever an…

Importance Of Maximum Power Transfer

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This page explores the issue of how to design a system that will…

Basic AC Circuits

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We started out this chapter by discussing power in DC circuits. Now,…

Carbon Film Resistor

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What is a Carbon Film Resistor? Carbon film resistors are a type of…

Resistor Symbols

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All types of resistors have their own resistor symbols which are used…

Air Capacitor

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What are air capacitors? Air capacitors are capacitors which use air…

Ohm’s Law

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What Is Ohm’s Law? Ohm’s law states that the electrical…

Capacitors in parallel

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Capacitors, like other electrical elements, can be connected to other…

Impedance and Reactance

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Impedance and reactance An element in a DC circuit can be described…

Q factor

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Q Factor definition The Q factor of a capacitor, also known as the…

Digital Potentiometer

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What is a Digital Potentiometer? A digital potentiometer (also known…

Ceramic Capacitor

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What are ceramic capacitors? A ceramic capacitor uses a ceramic…