Member Blog Posts: resistor

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  Removal of ESD Using Mouse

  Posted Feb 07, 2012 By Circuit Projects

  The project is about the removal of Electro Static Discharge (ESD) using a mouse with the utilization of a 100K Ohms resistor.

  The idea of…

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  Resistor Value Recorder by PIC16F819 and DS1267

  Posted Feb 03, 2012 By Circuit Projects

  This circuit reads values of an external analog potentiometer, stores them and playbacks continuously by using DS1267 digital…

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  Synchronizing LED Fireflies

  Posted Jan 31, 2012 By Circuit Projects

  The project describes how hundreds and thousands of fireflies are able to synchronize themselves and these electronic fireflies are based…

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  DAC Resistor for FPGA VGA

  Posted Jan 27, 2012 By Circuit Projects

  The real goal for anything that has VGA, DVI or LCD oriented is to be able to display output data to a user in a way that is easy to…

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  LED Flashlight with Long Power/Life

  Posted Jan 27, 2012 By Circuit Projects

  The project uses a slightly more complicated circuit to produce a flashlight made from PVC while employing ultra bright LEDs with ballast…

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  Driving High Power LEDs

  Posted Jan 27, 2012 By Circuit Projects

  The LED brightness is kept constant by this constant current source circuit no matter what power supply is used making it ideal for high…

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  Current Limiting Resistors for LEDs

  Posted Jan 25, 2012 By Davide Andrea

  One of the questions that hobbyists ask over and over is how to select the value of a current limiting resistor for an LED. Usually the seat of the…

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  Behavior of Resistors in AC Circuits

  Posted Nov 09, 2011 By Andrew Carter

  The previous tutorials featured resistors in direct current (DC) circuits wherein the voltage and current have been assumed to be of constant…

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  A Look at the Power Rating of Resistors

  Posted Nov 03, 2011 By Andrew Carter

  When buying a resistor to build a certain circuit, you may be asked, “What is the power rating of the resistors you want to buy?” For the most…

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  Introduction to Carbon Composition Resistors

  Posted Oct 20, 2011 By Andrew Carter

  The most common type of Composition Resistor is the Carbon Resistor, also known as Carbon Composition. It consists of a solid cylindrical resistive…

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  Resistance, Resistors and Ohm’s Law

  Posted Oct 18, 2011 By Andrew Carter

  What is resistance? The most common definition of resistance is the opposition to current flow—more specifically the flow of electric charge in a…

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