Skill Builder: Comprehending Capacitors
Learn the basics of Capacitors with this book excerpt
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Rebuilding Old Capacitors
Check out this great tutorial by Don Fox over on Make: Projects, describing how to rebuild vintage caps using smaller modern capacitors inside the old housing. When working in an old TV, audio amplifier, or turntable, invariably I will run across capacitors of all types, paper, mica, electrolytic, etc…. Generally when we run into caps […]
Super-Capacitor Flashlight
Patrick AKA EngineeringShock built a flashlight that uses no batteries, and instead charges up a bunch of caps from a wall wart.
Build a Touchless 3D Tracking Interface with Everyday Materials
Using a variety of low- and high-tech components, we’ll show you how to build A Touchless 3D Tracking Interface.
In the Makers Market: Electronic component coaster set
Alan Parekh of Winnipeg makes these cool component-symbol coasters from 1/4″ plywood, sealed with polyurethane varnish. Ten dollars gets a set of six: resistor R1, inductor L2, LED D3, capacitor C4, transistor Q5, and ground GND. Good-looking, clever, and easy on the wallet.
Exploding capacitors in high speed
Need a reminder to hook your capacitors up correctly? Try watching this video by Dave of EEVblog, exploding capacitors in high speed.
Practical tutorial on capacitors by EEVblog
If you’ve ever wondered why there are so many types of capacitors, and what the advantages of each type are, you should definitely catch the latest installment of David L. Jones’ EEVblog.
