The proposed IoT-based distribution transformer condition monitoring system enables real-time monitoring of distribution transformers, identifying such deviations as overload conditions…

What is Pulse-width Modulation? Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) is a fancy term for describing a type of digital signal. Pulse…

While driving on highways, motorists should not exceed the maximum speed limitpermitted for their vehicles. However, accidents keep occurring due…

The characteristics of a capacitors define its temperature, voltage rating and capacitance range as well as its use in a…

Inductors are said to be connected together in Parallel when both of their terminals are respectively connected to each terminal…

Inductors can be connected together in a series connection when the are daisy chained together sharing a common electrical current….

An Inductor is a passive electrical component consisting of a coil of wire which is designed to take advantage of…

Light Emitting Diodes or simply LED´s, are among the most widely used of all the different types of semiconductor diodes…

A Semiconductor Diode blocks current in the reverse direction, but will suffer from premature breakdown or damage if the reverse…

Power Diodes are semiconductor pn-junctions capable of passing large currents at high voltage values for use in rectifier circuits. In…

A Schottky Diode is a metal-semiconductor diode with a low forward voltage drop and a very fast switching speed. The…

Signal Diodes are small two-terminal which conducts current when forward biased and blocks current flow when reverse biased. The semiconductor…

A PN-junction diode is formed when a p-type semiconductor is fused to an n-type semiconductor creating a potential barrier voltage…

The Varistor is a passive two-terminal solid state semiconductor device that is used to provide protection to electrical and electronic…

The PNP Transistor is the exact opposite to the NPN Transistor device we looked at in the previous tutorial. Basically,…

NPN Transistors are three-terminal, three-layer devices that can function as either amplifiers or electronic switches. In the previous tutorial we…

The Bipolar Junction Transistor is a semiconductor device which can be used for switching or amplification. In the diode tutorials,…

Potentiometers and Rheostats create a change in their resistive value when a connected shaft is physically rotated. Resistors provide a…

Resistors can also be used in Alternating Current supplies where the voltages, currents, and power being consumed are given in…

Electrical Power is absorbed by a resistance as it is the product of voltage and current with some resistances converting…

The voltage difference between any two points in a circuit is known as Potential Difference and it is this potential…

Resistors can be connected together in an unlimited number of series and parallel combinations to form complex resistive circuits. In…

Resistors are said to be connected together in parallel when both of their terminals are respectively connected to each terminal…

Resistors are said to be connected in series when they are daisy chained together in a single line resulting in…

Resistor Color Coding uses colored bands to easily identify a resistors resistive value and its percentage tolerance. There are many…

Resistors are the most fundamental and commonly used of all the electronic components, to the point where they are almost…

Star-Delta Transformations and Delta-Star Transformations allow us to convert impedances connected together in a 3-phase configuration from one type of…

Maximum Power Transfer occurs when the resistive value of the load is equal in value to that of the voltage…

Nortons theorem is an analytical method used to change a complex circuit into a simple equivalent circuit consisting of a…

Capacitors are simple passive device that can store an electrical charge on their plates when connected to a voltage source….