For all of you who have a multimeter thrown in a drawer or toolbox but don’t know how to use it, these instructions will help in your search for missing voltage.

A customer recently called to ask questions about the electrical system on his machine. I asked if he had a voltmeter. There was a long pause, then he said, “Yes, but I don’t know how to use it.” He ...

For the past couple of days 2 of the UPS'es in my house have been clicking like there is a line sag. The UPS'es are on completely different circuits in the house, but both are pretty basic "Connext" ...

High-capacity, multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) have a property often not well understood by electronic designers: the capacitance of these devices varies with applied DC voltage. This phenomenon ...