Category: Basic Electronics

Some people enjoy sketching, some prefer writing, and others are drawn to knitting. People like us, find joy in building and creating electronic devices. The common thread among all these crafts is that they require some basic tools to get started. And for us engineers and hobbyists,...

From small LED drivers to rectifiers to Switch Mode Power Supplies (SMPS), the diode is a key component in each of those everyday appliances. They are also used in charging LED indicators and reverse polarity protection circuits in router chargers and many more; diodes are used...

A Hong Kong and Canada-based components distributor that provides domestic support services, Utmel Electronics has announced the availability of a linear operational amplifier and a voltage regulator for embedded applications across various industries. The linear operational amplifier...

Heat sinks play an important role in circuit design, providing an efficient path for heat to be transferred into the ambient air and away from electronic devices. Without them, many electronics such as BJTs, MOSFETs, linear regulators, BGA packages, and so on are more likely to...

Are you also sometimes not sure whether you are using the correct data cable acronyms that are mostly used for Ethernet? UTP vs FTP, STP vs FTP. Let’s have a look at the difference between them. Today we already know that if someone 20-30 years ago felt that the Internet would be a...

Setting up an electronics lab is the dream of many electronics engineers and hobbyists, but getting it done is usually a very big task to achieve. From knowing the amount of space you'd need, to know the right kind of tools to buy, and then to the right kind of devices with the right...

This is easy to build and very useful project for hobbyists and students to learn and create OPAMP-based projects. The project accommodates a single OPAMP in the SOT23-5 package. The project provides the user with multiple choices and extensive flexibility for different applications...

Surface Mount Technology was developed in the 1960s. During the 1970s and 1980s a revolution in the automation industry was begun, which raised the demand for Surface Mount Technology Components for a better assembly process. Before Surface Mount Technology, electronic components came...