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Resistors Made for Renewable Applications

Resistors Made for Renewable Applications

In recent years, renewable energy options have become much more efficient and feasible. Just like all other power generation methods, these applications require resistors, like high power resistors, high precison resistors. Renewable technologies are reaching a level of maturity where they are heavily impacting many nations energy mixes. Although embracing renewables is great for the environment, it does face its own set of challenges. Each source of renewable energy is dependent on the environment around it, meaning that pr...

Date:2019-11-12      [More+]
Choose the Right Resistors For Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs)

Choose the Right Resistors For Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs)

Medical devices are leaving the confines of hospitals and serving the growing community-based and home-based healthcare markets. In particular, analysts cite the need for faster, lower-power, higher-precision, and more intelligent electronic devices. Since the human body is intrinsically analog, though, there will always be an important role for highly reliable passive components in systems including diagnostic, imaging, patient monitoring, instrumentation, and pharmaceutical delivery and dispensing applications. Approximatel...

Date:2019-11-12      [More+]
Shunt Resistors Working as a Current-Sensing Sensor

Shunt Resistors Working as a Current-Sensing Sensor

Shunt resistors are a popular current-sensing sensor because of their low cost and good accuracy.Microhm Electronics shunt resistor MMS2512, MMS3920 to MMS8420 are applicable to this function. The voltage drop across a known low value resistor is monitored in order to determine the current flowing through the load. If the resistor is small in magnitude, the voltage drop will be small and the measurement will not have a major effect on the motor circuit. The selection criteria of a shunt current resistor requires the evaluatio...

Date:2019-11-11      [More+]
Power Resistors Information

Power Resistors Information

Power resistors are used in power generation and distribution, high-voltage applications, control systems, and other power system applications. They include load banks, grounding resistors, and dynamic braking resistors. Load banks develop an electrical load, apply the dummy load to an electrical power source, and then convert or dissipate the resulting power output. Load banks are used to test generators, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), and other backup generation systems. Grounding resistors or neutral earthing resist...

Date:2019-11-08      [More+]
Resistance Measurement for Microhm Electronics' Metal Current Sense Products

Resistance Measurement for Microhm Electronics' Metal Current Sense Products

Microhm Electronics metal current sense resistors are popular devices used to measure current flow. When evaluating these products for a given application, designers will need to test their resistance value. To be assured of obtaining a correct reading when testing the resistance, it is important to employ the proper test method for the most accurate results. Resistance value measurement tests typically use standard multimeters with two measuring wires. This measurement method is suitable for resistance values higher than 10 ...

Date:2019-11-08      [More+]
TO Package Power Resistors

TO Package Power Resistors

What is a TO Package? The increase of power capabilities for transistor technology lead to the development of device packages capable of dissipating much greater amounts of heat. These specialized packages are referred to as transistor outline, or TO package. The high-power versions of these packages have been adopted by other types of components as a convenient way to enhance thermal performance. TO packages for resistors. The most common packages utilized by resistor manufacturers are (in order of power capabilities) the T...

Date:2019-11-07      [More+]
Resistors Used in Electric Commercial Vehicles

Resistors Used in Electric Commercial Vehicles

Traditional heavy-duty commercial vehicles such as trucks represent only 7% of vehicles on the road but account for over 25% of fuel consumption in the USA. Legislation, such as the US global warming emissions and fuel efficiency standards for medium and heavy-duty vehicles (M/HDV) exists to tackle this problem. However, emissions will never be totally eliminated from an internal combustion engine. One answer is to replace commercial vehicles powered by internal combustion with electric counterparts. Commercial vehicles, suc...

Date:2019-11-05      [More+]
Resistors' Practical Applications

Resistors' Practical Applications

Resistors play a fundamental role in our electronic components. In this article, youll learn the top 4 Practical applications of resistors in our daily life. Mobile phone charger Just like the laptop, a mobile phone charger contains a number of resistors that are responsible for controlling the required amount of current. You might have noticed the amount of current on your mobile charger displaying something like 500 mA, 700 mA, 900 mA, 1.0 A or 2.0 A. This is actually the amount of current. A resistor is a basic component ...

Date:2019-10-30      [More+]
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