More about Capacitors (66)

| Do you have a need to find faulty capacitors? High ESR can lead to problems. Back in 2002, Elektor published an article about a DIY in-circu...

| [Partner Content] 1µF to 75µF capacitance range, 1200VDC maximum voltage rating, and polypropylene dielectric.

| Would you like an analog ESR meter to check and locate bad capacitors? With the right parts and a few helpful tips, you can build one for yo...

| What do capacitors have in common with wires in water or fingers touching metallic surfaces? Quite a lot, as the author discovered with his...

| Looking for an analog ESR meter to check and find bad capacitors? You can build your own. Here is one approach. 

| Capacitive touch interfaces really took hold after their success in the Apple iPod with its rotary wheel. Since then, touch buttons have mad...

| What do capacitors have in common with wires in water or fingers touching metallic surfaces? Quite a lot. You can use skin impedance for a v...

| The proposed measurement principle is based on constant current, making the measurement completely insensitive to the series resistance. Th...

| A bad capacitor shows different capacitance values for charging and discharging; a perfect capacitor will have the same values. Knowing this...

| In the previous instalment [1] we saw how capacitors block DC but allow AC to pass through. But that most certainly isn't the end of it – vo...