This video explains how capacitors work and why they are essential in modern electronics. Capacitors store and release ...

Xtreme Circuits is a blog devoted to using circuits for a variety of applications, whether it be for toys, games or electrical devices. With each project post comes a detailed write up of what the ...

Aside from being a treasure trove of information for budding electronics engineers from the 1980s on, the down-to-earth style of Forrest M. Mims' Engineers' Notebook and Getting Started in Electronics ...

This electronic lighting dimmer circuit is used to control the lamp for arbitrary brightness. This electronic lamp dimmer circuit work for incandescent lamp, not a fluorescent one. The dimmer circuit ...

This video explains how resistors function and how Ohm’s Law defines the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in electronic circuits. Resistors are passive components used to control ...

Among the abundance of components making up electronic circuits, very few are as important as capacitors. These components, ...

A new company called Electroninks is seeking to make DIY electronics child’s play ... literally. Circuit Scribe is a roller-ball pen filled with conductive silver ink that enables the creation of ...

A new, ultra thin circuit, shown embedded on a contact lens placed on a prosthetic eye. Image via Salvatore et. al. Over the past few years, electronics have evolved way past the silicon wafer.

Chua’s circuit is the simplest electronic circuit that produces chaos—the output of this circuit never repeats the same sequence, and is a truly random signal. If you need a good source of randomness, ...

New “transient electronics” dissolve in the presence of water, opening up a new range of possible applications. Image via the Beckman Institute, University of Illinois and Tufts University For most of ...

Multitasking circuits capable of reconfiguring themselves in real time and switching functions as the need arises -- this is the promising application stemming from a new discovery. Other potential ...