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May
3
2023

What are Braking Resistors?

Cranes, lifts, elevators, turbines and electric vehicles including trains that use motors, require accurate and precise speed control. To achieve accurate speed control, it is important to have both control acceleration and deceleration, that is braking. Today, we are going to talk about braking resistors.

Feb
14
2023

How to Use Resistors and Apply Ohm's Law in Electrical Circuits

Understanding how to utilize resistors and apply Ohm's law is a fundamental part of electrical engineering and is required for anybody interested in building and designing electrical circuits. We will look at the fundamentals of resistors, how they operate, and how to apply Ohm's law to calculate resistance, current, and voltage in electrical circuits.

Jun
20
2021

How to Measure Resistance and How to Detect Resistance?

There are many ways to measure resistance: ohmmeter, volt-ampere, volt-volt, ampere-ampere, bridge, substitution, comparison, half-deviation and so on. No matter what the method is, the experimental principle is no more than partial circuit Ohm's law and closed circuit Ohm's law as well as the basic law of series and parallel circuits.

Jun
13
2021

Metal Oxide Varistor (MOV) Overview: Working and Application

The blue or orange-colored circular part that you can typically spot on the AC input side of any Power Supply Circuit is a Metal Oxide Varistor or MOV.

Jun
10
2021

The Difference between Carbon Film and Metal Film Resistors

Invented by Boykin in 1959, resistors are today commonly used in almost all electronic circuits. Resistors can be described as a device that resists the flow of current flowing through itself, back when the resistor size was very huge and the tolerance value reached as high as 10 percent when it was implemented.

Jun
7
2021

Thermistor Introduction--?Temperature Sensitive Component

Thermistors are a type of sensitive component, which are divided into positive temperature coefficient thermistor (PTC) and negative temperature coefficient thermistor (NTC) according to the temperature coefficient.

May
20
2021

What Is A Chip Fixed Resistor?

The electronic component body of the non-patch component can carry more production information, such as specifications, manufacturers, product serial numbers, and the like. The volume or size of the patch component is in millimeters.

Apr
30
2021

Resistor Basics: Types of Resistors

There are a wide range of types of resistors, and with the development of electronic technology, new types of resistors will continue to increase.

Apr
19
2021

Varistor Guide: Working, Function, Types, and Application

Varistor is an ideal protective element with the characteristics of high price, small volume, wide working voltage range, fast response to overvoltage pulse, strong resistance to impulse current, low leakage current (less than a few microamperes to tens of microamperes), small resistance temperature coefficient and so on.

Feb
5
2021

What is Resistor and How to Read Resistor Color Code

This paper shows the comprehensive introduction of resistor which is one of the common electronic components. Resistance is the ability to impede the flow of electrons, that is, the value of resistance, the unit is "Ω". A resistor is a device that has a certain resistance to current flow.

Sep
4
2020

What Is Thermistor and How Does It Works?

The thermistor is a semiconductor ceramic component made of transition metal oxide as the main raw material. It belongs to the category of negative temperature coefficient thermistor, and it has the characteristic that the resistance value changes with the change of temperature, that is, the resistance value. The temperature rises and falls.

Aug
19
2020

How To Measure Ground Resistance?

Ground resistance testing methods are usually the following: two-line method, three-line method, four-line method, single-clamp method and double-clamp method.

Blog
31/10/2025

Introduction to Nexperia Automotive-Grade ICs

Electronics in the automotive industry require accuracy, durability and complete reliability. All systems, including the engine control and modern driver assist, are based on parts that have to endure both high temperature and electrical interference, as well as extended durability of operation.

Blog
27/06/2025

ASIC vs FPGA Comparison: Performance, Cost, and Design Differences Explained

This article compares Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) and Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), two technologies used for creating custom digital circuits.

Solution
13/01/2025

The Rise of Automotive-Grade SiC/GaN Power Devices in Electric Vehicles

The automotive fast recovery Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Gallium Nitride (GaN) power devices emerge as game-changing technologies.

Blog
26/11/2024

How to Safely Discharge an AC Capacitor

AC capacitor discharge refers to the process in which a capacitor releases its stored electrical energy in an alternating current (AC) circuit.

Blog
31/10/2024

Signs of a Bad Camshaft Position Sensor and How to Test it?

A car has a variety of electrical components, one of which is called a camshaft position sensor (CMP). This section will discuss this component, the signs that indicate a problematic camshaft position sensor, and the procedures for doing so.

Blog
16/10/2024

Symptoms of a Bad Speed Sensor and How to Test It?

Speed sensors are utilized to measure the speed at which devices are spinning. Many vehicles, including automobiles, aerospace vehicles, off-highway and construction equipment, railway vehicles, and military vehicles, require speed sensors.

Blog
10/10/2024

Current Divider: definition, applications & formula

A current divider is an electrical circuit configuration used to split or divide an input current into multiple branches or paths.

Solution
21/09/2024

74LS04 Hex Inverter Datasheet(PDF) and Pinout

This article will explain some detailed information about 74LS04 Hex Inverter, including its datasheet, pinout, features and specifications.

Solution
20/09/2024

C1815 Transistor: Pinout, Features & Specifications

This article gives a comprehensive introduction to the key information of the C1815 transistor

Solution
19/09/2024

Guide to IC 7408 Logic Gate Chip: Specifications, Applications, and Pinout

The 7408 IC, a crucial component in electronics, features?four logic gates, each with two inputs.