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Why Do Circuits Need Capacitors?

Capacitors are small components with a big job—storing and releasing energy in electronic circuits. This video explains how ...
Electronic Specifier

Bourns unveils TVS Diode Series in DO-214AB package

Bourns, Inc. unveiled its 5.0SMDJ Series Transient Voltage Suppressor (TVS) Diodes. Available in a space-saving, compact ...
IEEE

Planar Rogowski Coil Based Short-Circuit Detection and Partial Open-Circuit Recovery of the Resonant Capacitor in Series-Resonant DC Transformers

Abstract: The 10 kW Series-Resonant DC Transformer (SR-DCX) enables both switch and resonant element count reduction and is a building block of a bidirectional two-stage dc–dc converter for 600–28 V ...
Hackaday

Congratulations To The 2025 Component Abuse Challenge Winners

For the Component Abuse Challenge, we asked you to do the wrong thing with electrical parts, but nonetheless come out with the right result. It’s probably the most Hackaday challenge we have run ...
IEEE

Period Doubling and Subharmonic Generation in PIN Diode Control Circuits

Abstract: This paper describes work done in sub-harmonic signal generation through period doubling in a PIN diode switch circuit. The work compares simulations using a SPICE PIN diode model of period ...
Hackaday

Precision Current Sources By The Numbers

It isn’t unusual to expect a precisely regulated voltage in an electronic project, but what about times when you need a precise current? Over on EDN, prolific [Stephen Woodward] explains how ...