Having acquired some piece of old electronic equipment, be it a computer, radio, or some test gear, the temptation is there to plug it in as soon as you’ve lugged it into the ‘shop. Don’t be so hasty.

Somewhere between the period of 1999 and 2007 a plague swept through the world, devastating lives and businesses. Identified by a scourge of electrolytic capacitors violently exploding or splurging ...

Characteristics of conductive polymer aluminum solid capacitors include very low ESR and very high ripple current. Man Yue ...

Workbench contributor and engineer Duke Evans writes that he has repaired many a circuit board trace with bare wire. In his years of circuit board repairs, Duke has also noted that some older ...

Intelligent control is increasingly used in automotive devices where electric drives are now specified for power steering units, water pumps, and air-conditioning compressors. The automotive ...

Note: For a PDF version of this article, click here. Aluminum electrolytic capacitors remain a popular choice in power supplies due to their low cost. However, they have limited life and are sensitive ...

Cornell Dubilier recently announced the availability of its new ElectroFilm series of power film capacitors, which can be used to replace aluminum electrolytics where an increase in reliability is ...

Joining Murata’s ECAS series of polymer aluminum electrolytic capacitors is a device that boasts low equivalent series resistance (ESR) of 4.5 mΩ. This tiny capacitor, designated the ...

Wurth is offering vibration-resistant versions of its surface-mount aluminium electrolytics and aluminium hybrid polymer capacitors. “SMT components are often not the best choice because, without ...

Panasonic is to add a smaller case size to ZS-Series of SMD conductive polymer hybrid electrolytic capacitors. Remaining 10mm in diameter, the new case is 12mm rather than 16mm tall. “The effect of ...