by Frida Hovsepian | May 15, 2017 | power resistors, Resistors
Heat dissipation is a key factor in the design of a power system; in a world where the trend is for more power in a smaller space, are TO-style packages still the best solution? TO packages were originally intended for discrete transistors, in fact TO stands for...
by Riedon | May 8, 2017 | power resistors, Precision Resistors, Resistors
Maintaining a constant temperature around precision resistors is integral to maintaining the stability of a circuit. Even small fluctuations in the temperature of a resistor can cause errors in a circuit due to noise. The relationship between temperature and...
by Riedon | May 1, 2017 | Resistors
Digital multi-meter When measuring the resistance of something is a great deal more complicated if that resistance is very small. With bigger resistances, measurements can be as simple as connecting two leads between a digital multi-meter (DMM) and the device under...
by Riedon | May 1, 2017 | power resistors, Resistors
We can make a wirewound resistor by winding resistive wire into a coil around an insulating core. We can also make an inductor by using a more conductive wire and winding it around a ferrite core. Both are essentially a coil of wire around a core, so what makes...