Workbench contributor and engineer Duke Evans writes that he has repaired many a circuit board trace with bare wire. In his years of circuit board repairs, Duke has also noted that some older ...

Myrtle Beach, S.C. — AVX Corp. has beefed up the temperature and voltage operating conditions of its medium power film capacitor family for DC filtering and low reactive power requirements. The FFVE ...

Fig. 1: Spurious emissions seen on the exciter RF output. One of the biggest hassles in maintaining older equipment is getting it repaired when it fails. A lot of companies don’t even want to deal ...

Taiyo Yuden has squeezed 1,000μF into a 2.5V multi-layer ceramic capacitor only 4.5 x 3.2 x 3.2mm. Called PMK432 BJ108MU-TE, it is aimed at replacing electrolytic capacitors in power supplies for ...

[CuriousMarc] was restoring an old Model 19 TeleType. The design for these dates back to the 1930s, and they are built like tanks (well, except for the ones built during the war with parts using ...

Cornell Dubilier recently announced the availability of its new ElectroFilm series of power film capacitors, which can be used to replace aluminum electrolytics where an increase in reliability is ...

A second generation line of film dielectric capacitors has been disgned as a direct physical replacement for electrolytic capacitors with an identical footprint in the same sizes. The Unlytic UL30 ...

There’s been a lot of attention lately on the amount of electronic waste (e-waste) we all generate. Products such as smartphones, TVs, various gadgets, and other accessories of all types are simply ...

Awhile ago, my subwoofer just stopped working (actually, if you turn it on, it just makes a loud buzzing noise). I tried getting it open but all the screws are messed up and i've since left it ...