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91Make Your Own Wattmeter With A Microcontroller
A typical commercially available watt meter Inside a watt meter. This is the current sense board which converts the current into a voltage which can be interpreted by a microcontroller. The micrcontroller board inside a watt meter. This circuit...
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83Carbon Film Resistors
Carbon film resistors are designed for both high temperature and high voltage applications. They are actually made in a vacuum by breaking down hydrocarbon gases at high temperatures. This in turn forms a carbon deposit on the substrate. The process...
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81RV Camper Power Converter Troubleshooting, Repair, and Replacement FAQs
Tips for troubleshooting and repairing an RV power converter. Question and comment section for RV owners.
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80SMD Surface Mount Electronic Components for SMT
SMD Surface Mount Electronic Components and Parts for SMT
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79How much Power Dissipate Or Loss In Resistors?
Today I got the honor to write over quite interesting and important topic of electrical engineering i.e. “Power dissipation in resistors”. Before going into the topic we should know the basic terminologies used in above prescribed article. ...
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78Guide for Using a Digital Multimeter
Using a Digital Multimeter A digital multimeter can be a very useful tool when working with anything designed to run on electricity. Knowing how to use the different features of a digital multimeter can be very helpful in analyzing and...
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75The Role of Electronic Components in Our Daily Life
This is My 100th hub and it is a tribute to the field of endeavor that was my "Bread and Butter," for the past several years, that is Electronics. Electronics - Almost everything that surrounds us has direct link to Electronics, from the very...
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80Active Versus Passive Devices
Electronic component are classed into either being Passive devices or Active devices. Active devices are different from passive devices such as resistors, capacitors and inductors. These devices are capable of changing their operational performance, may deliver power to the circuit, and can perform interesting mathematical functions. While a device that does not require a source of energy for its operation. Examples of passive devices are electrical resistors, electrical capacitors, diodes, opti
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75RV Electrical Tips and Electrical Reference Data
This Hub is a valuable aid for RV and Camper owners. It includes common sense information and tips about electrical problems such as Blown Fuses, Kicked Breakers and electrical terms.
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73How do streetlights turn on automatically at night?
Some people might have a question on their mind as to how the streetlights turn on automatically when it starts turning dark. There are two ways in which streetlights can work. It depends on what mechanism is actually implemented on the...
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