Capacitors are essential components in electrical circuits, serving as energy storage devices that can help start motors, filter signals, and much more. Installing a capacitor may seem daunting, but ...

Radio experimenters often need a variable capacitor to tune their circuits, as the saying goes, for maximum smoke. In decades past these were readily available from almost any scrap radio, but the ...

Radio experimenters often need a variable capacitor to tune their circuits, as the saying goes, for maximum smoke. In decades past these were readily available from almost any scrap radio, but the ...

Abstract: Bus capacitors play a critical role in the operation of Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs). Failure of bus capacitors can cause a failure of the drive leading to unplanned downtime and ...

Open the hood and find a place to set your multimeter. Open the coolant reservoir or radiator cap to access the coolant. Pro Tip: If you don’t see any coolant in the reservoir, or at the top of the ...

Abstract: A novel RF Microelectromechanical System (MEMS) Variable capacitor is proposed to obtain a linear capacitance-voltage response and large tuning ratio. Rectangular electrostatic torsion ...

Electronically-variable capacitors, whether used for T&M or in an end circuit, usually have a maximum capacitance of a few hundred picofarads, and a limited adjustment range. This Design Idea ...