Electrical or electronic quantities and units are crucial values to know in evaluating and describing the behavior, characteristics and physical properties of a circuit. This quiz can help you recall ...

Here’s a handy chart of the units of measure we use all the time for electronic quantities. Note that the unit itself is lower case, the person it is named for is, of course, cap/lower case, and the ...

The precise measurement of electrical resistance is essential in industrial production or electronics – for example, in the manufacture of high-tech sensors, microchips and flight controls. “Very ...

DR. L. HABTSHOBN has written an interesting progress review on this subject (J. Inst. Elect. Eng., 89, Pt. 1, No. 24; Dec. 1942). Following introductory paragraphs dealing with the general character ...

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