Category: Electronic Components and Circuits

We’ve all seen the terms “electronic” and “electrical” get used before. Many people assume they have the same meaning, but they actually have many differences …

Many electrical pieces of equipment contain switching devices called relays. They may function as both primary protection devices and switching devices for equipment. Each type …

Kirchhoff’s laws pertain to the topics of energy conservation and charge conservation in relation to electrical circuits. Gustav Robert Kirchhoff was the creator of two …

Integrated circuits are all around us and we don’t even realize it. Whenever we use laptops, smartphones, tablets, desktop computers, refrigerators, televisions, digital clocks, or …

Electronic devices are filled with electric circuitry and components. One of those components is called a transducer. The function of a transducer is to convert …

Direct current (DC) power supplies have two possible designs. You’ll have either a linear power supply or a switching power supply. The main difference between …

Every electronic device and electrical circuit contains a component called a resistor. This component serves a very important purpose because it stops or reduces the …

Low pass filters can best be described as noise filters for circuits. This doesn’t mean actual noise coming from a circuit, but rather a high-frequency …

Capacitors are electronic devices which are used to store electricity as energy. Some people confuse capacitors with batteries because they both store energy in a …

When an electronic circuit is manufactured, it is made to be either a series circuit or a parallel circuit. The difference between these circuits relates …