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Resistor Sizes and Packages

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

Motor starting capacitor

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

Ohm’s Law

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

Power Resistor

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What Are Power Resistors? Power resistors are designed to withstand…

Parasitic Inductance

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What is inductance? Electric inductance is a property of all…

Capacitors in series

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Capacitors in series Like other electrical elements, capacitors serve…

Resistor Color Code Calculator

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This resistor color code calculator will help you determine the value…

Heater Resistor

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

Electrolytic Capacitor

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What are electrolytic capacitors? An electrolytic capacitor is a type…

Understanding Electrical Transformers

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AC electrical systems make extensive use of transformers. A…

Thin and Thick Film

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

Supercapacitor

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What are supercapacitors? Supercapacitors are electronic devices which…

Resistor Books and Online Resources

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On this page you will find a collection of valuable books and other…

Potentiometer Taper

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What is Potentiometer Taper? Potentiometer taper is the relation…

Carbon Film Resistor

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

Metal Film Resistor

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

Pull-up and Pull-down Resistors

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

Kirchhoff’s Laws

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Gustav Robert Kirchhoff   Kirchhoff's laws are essential for…

Carbon Composition Resistor

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An Introduction to Carbon Composition Resistors Carbon composition…

Variable Resistor

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What is a Variable Resistor? A variable resistor is a resistor of…

Temperature Coefficient of Resistance

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Resistance Changes with Temperature The temperature coefficient of…

Resistor Capacitance

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What Is Resistor Capacitance? Capacitance is an ability of a body to…

Foil Resistor

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What is a Foil Resistor? The metal foil resistor has the best…

What Is a Resistor?

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The resistor is a passive electrical component that creates…

Ceramic Capacitor

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

Metal Film Resistor

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

Resistor SMD Code

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What are SMD Resistors?   SMD resistors on a printed circuit…

Resistors in Series

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How to Calculate the Equivalent Resistance For Resistors in Series?…

Capacitance

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

Temperature Coefficient of Resistance

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Resistance Changes with Temperature The temperature coefficient of…

Resistor Books and Online Resources

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On this page you will find a collection of valuable books and other…

Fixed Resistor

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What is a Fixed Resistor? Fixed value resistors have a defined ohmic…

Digital Potentiometer

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

Impedance and Reactance

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

Tantalum Capacitor

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

Complex Numbers, Phasors And Phase Shift

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

Motor starting capacitor

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

Carbon Film Resistor

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

Resistor Color Code Calculator

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This resistor color code calculator will help you determine the value…

Electric Charge

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What is electric charge? Electric charge is a fundamental physical…

Power Resistor

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What Are Power Resistors? Power resistors are designed to withstand…

Measurements In Electrical Engineering

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

Foil Resistor

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What is a Foil Resistor? The metal foil resistor has the best…