Passive And Active Electronic Components

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Resistors in Parallel

How to Calculate the Equivalent Resistance for Resistors in Parallel?…

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Pull-up and Pull-down Resistors

What Are Pull-up Resistors? Pull-up resistors are resistors used in…

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Resistor Sizes and Packages

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

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Measurements In Electrical Engineering

Powers of Ten A numeral system is a method of using certain digits to…

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Understanding Electrical Transformers

AC electrical systems make extensive use of transformers. A…

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Filter capacitor

Filter capacitors Capacitors are reactive elements, which make them…

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Wirewound Resistor

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

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Coupling and Decoupling

Decoupling capacitors When designing a circuit, many novice engineers…

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Sinusoidal Steady State Power and Average Power

In this page, we will expand and reinforce our understanding of power…

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Magneto Resistor

What is a Magneto Resistor Magneto resistors have a variable…

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Basic DC Circuit Theory

Voltage and Current Relationship The earth is a dynamic place. Objects…

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Resistor Inductance

What Is Resistor Inductance? Inductance is an electrical property of…

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Resistor Properties

The function of resistors is to oppose the flow of electric current in…

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Metal Film Resistor

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

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Mica Capacitor

What are mica capacitors? Mica is a group of natural minerals. Silver…

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Film Capacitor

What are film capacitors? Film capacitors are capacitors which use a…

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Resistors in Series

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Carbon Film Resistor

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

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Passive And Active Electronic Components

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Heater Resistor

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

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Parallel resistor calculator

Use this calculator to quickly calculate the equivalent resistance…

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Thin and Thick Film

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

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AC Power Analysis In Reactive Circuits

We already know that purely reactive components (or purely reactive…

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Potentiometer

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

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Varistor

What is a Varistor? A varistor is a voltage dependent resistor (VDR).…

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Complex Numbers, Phasors And Phase Shift

The Effect of Phase We saw in the previous page that the voltage…

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Resistor Values

Standard Resistor Values In 1952, the IEC (International…

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Wirewound Resistor

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

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Tantalum Capacitor

What are tantalum capacitors? Tantalum capacitors are a subtype of…

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Resistor Suppliers

When you are looking for electronic components or where to buy…

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How To Calculate Power Factor Correction

As you now know, reactive components can cause a circuit’s power…

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Standard Resistor Power Ratings

An electrical device’s power rating provides a general idea of…

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Power Factor And RMS Explained

In the previous page, we saw that the mathematical representation of…

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Capacitance

What is capacitance? Electric capacitance is the ability of a…

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Thermistor

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

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Polymer Capacitor

What are polymer capacitors? Polymer capacitors are capacitors which…

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Triangle Of Power And Power Factor

In a purely resistive AC circuit, power is simply power. If we add…

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Resistors in Parallel

How to Calculate the Equivalent Resistance for Resistors in Parallel?…

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Understanding Electrical Transformers

AC electrical systems make extensive use of transformers. A…

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Temperature Coefficient of Resistance

Resistance Changes with Temperature The temperature coefficient of…

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