by admin | Dec 8, 2017 | power resistors, Resistors, Wirewound resistors
Choosing a resistor for pulse applications can be tricky business. What is the magnitude of the pulse? How long does it last? How often does it repeat? What is an acceptable resistance range? And then there are the multiple resistor technologies to consider. A typical...
by admin | Mar 10, 2017 | Resistors, Wirewound resistors
Wirewound Temperature Sensing Resisors Many of Riedon’s Temperature sensing Wirewound products are available in special high Temperature Coefficients of Resistance (TCR), ideal for use in temperature sensing applications. Wirewound temperature sensors provide the most...
by admin | Mar 10, 2017 | Caddock, Resistors, Wirewound resistors
Thick Film Resistors Thick film resistors have many carbon resistor characteristics; they can be made small and are very low cost in high quantities. Their resistance tolerance, TCR and stability over time is not as favorable as wirewound or foil types, but they have...
by admin | Mar 10, 2017 | Wirewound resistors
Wirewound Power Resistors Wirewound power resistors are rugged, reliable, small, and compatible with modern PCB and surface mount manufacturing systems. Although they have been around for a while, newer technologies still fall short in many power applications. The...
by admin | Feb 1, 2017 | Caddock, Digikey, Resistors, vishay, Wirewound resistors
Bleed Resistors – Maintaining a Charge Bleed resistors are placed in parallel with a power supply’s load and are used to discharge the smoothing capacitors in linear AC-DC converters and also the reservoir capacitors utilized by DC-DC converters. These...
by admin | Nov 17, 2016 | Resistors, Wirewound resistors
Wirewound Resistors To Absorb Energy Events The source of a pulse can come from many places including lightning, inductive loads (motors), capacitor banks, switchgear, or even switching heating and ventilation systems in and out of a circuit. A device such as a...
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