For our 2025 Component Abuse Challenge there have been a set of entries which merely use a component for a purpose it wasn’t quite intended, and another which push misuse of a part into ...

This video breaks down how resistors work and why they’re one of the most essential components in every electronic device.

Researchers from Peking University say their resistive random-access memory chip may be capable of speeds 1,000 faster than ...

Bourns’ Riedon precision wirewound resistors offer a wide range of resistance values in multiple packages for demanding ...

Abstract: Internal short circuit (ISC) fault diagnosis of battery packs in electric vehicles is of great significance for the effective and safe operation of battery systems. This article presents a ...

Bourns has launched a new line of precision wirewound resistors designed for high accuracy and long-term stability.

A simple way to stabilize the operating temperature of any components that need it. Part 1 shows the purely analog approach, ...

Meshtastic, an open-source firmware for long-range mesh networking, offers an elegant solution. Using LoRa radios allows ...

Let’s say you want to blink an LED. You might grab an Arduino and run the Blink sketch, or you might lace up a few components ...

Abstract: This paper proposes a compact microwave rectifier achieving a fractional bandwidth of 162.7% using a double-voltage rectification circuit. The impedance matching section was designed with ...