This tutorial will showcase how inductance, capacitance and resistance affect alternating current. A circuit may have the alternating current through it and the voltage across it rising and failing ...

If you’ve raised kids, or are trying to enact change in organization, you know well the phenomenon of psychological reactance, although you probably don’t know it by that name. You might call it the ...

Capacitors behave differently than resistors, where resistors allow a flow of electrons through them directly proportional to the voltage drop, and capacitors oppose changes in voltage by drawing or ...

This is the first part of a two-part series of essays. [July 14 update: I posted this essay July 12, two days before the Trump administration announced that it was rescinding the ICE policy described ...

The rules of the National Electrical Code are written for people who have a pre-existing knowledge of electricity. In order to make sense of the Code, you must first understand basic electrical ...

When shopping for loudspeakers or headphones, most consumers don’t even look at the impedance of the products they are considering. Do they need to? What is Impedance? Glad you asked. Most consumers ...

Denver, CO — September 4, 2007 — In keeping with Artison’s design philosophy of maximizing the number of applications with the minimum number of products, Artison announced the official release of a ...

The four basic capacitor types. The key parameters involved in selecting the right capacitor for automotive designs. Advantages and limitations of electrolytic and electrostatic capacitors. Choosing a ...

Encoders are a vital component in many applications that require motion control and feedback information. Whether a system’s requirement is speed, direction, or distance, an encoder produces control ...

If you’ve never lost a blower motor in a high-power transmitter, your time probably is coming! It is a helpless feeling when the transmitter completely shutx down. Then add the frustration of trying ...