Twelve volts was a big deal when domestic manufacturers adopted it in the '50s. Doubling their voltage from 6 made electrical systems comparatively efficient and the increased power ushered in a new ...

Some really old history tells an instructive tale. When I worked at Bertan High Voltage through the 1980s we used 100 K, ½ W carbon composition resistors as part of the RC high voltage filters in ...

How to treat sub-milliohm chips as a separate class of component. Strategies to avoid pitfalls during component selection and PCB layout design. Uncover opportunities ...

The PHP series high-power thin film chip resistors feature an absolute TCR of ±25 ppm/°C, tolerances down to ± 0.1 %, and power ratings from 1W to 2.5W over a temperature range of - 55°C to + 125°C.

If you have three hours and you want to learn the fundamentals of semiconductors, [Tiny Tapeout] has something for you: An introduction to SiliWiz. You’ll also need the SiliWiz software (or use it ...