Electricity doesn’t just flow freely in every direction—it needs control. That control comes from a tiny but powerful ...

Dhananjay Gadre] happened across a useful little trick the other day. Take any old 1N4148 or 1N914 glass-package signal diode ...

As far as we know, this is the smallest neural implant that will measure electrical activity in the brain and then report it ...

A diode design can make terahertz signals stronger & work better, helping build smaller devices for imaging, sensing, and wireless communication.

Life depends on motion. To eat, go home, or explore, we must know where we are, where we want to go and how to get there. We ...

THEY call it your crowning glory – and for decades, my hair really was. I loved to experiment with my locks, and from an ...

Scientists have revealed how microscopic defects trigger catastrophic failure in perovskite solar cells. A research collaboration led by RASEI Fellow Mike McGehee at the Boulder, together with ...

One of the joys of writing up the entries for the 2025 Component Abuse Challenge has come in finding all the different alternative uses for the humble transistor. This building block of all modern ...

With a 4k1 collector resistor and 16mA drive into the led, the chosen (read ‘cheapest on ebay’) 6N135 is supposed to beat 1.5μs for both turn on and turn off, with typical figures of 90ns and 800ns.

But I’m currently laid up with the Acer Predator Triton 14 AI on my knee, listening to John Coltrane put his soul into his ...

LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, are essential components in near-eye displays like virtual reality and augmented reality ...

It ‘s worth noting that back EMF plays a critical role as a natural current limiter during normal motor operation. When motor ...