Resistor: A passive chunk of material that resists the flow of electrical current. A terminal is connected to each end you’re done. What could be simpler? It turns out it’s not so simple at all.

A wirewound resistor is another type of resistor manufactured by winding a thin metal alloy wire, usually Nickel/Chromium (Nichrome) or Copper/Nickel/Manganese (Manganin), around a ceramic, plastic, ...

With a box of glass slides and some wire samples, the exam started. The suspect wires were crossed within two glass slides and taped together. Measuring the lengths of exposed wire from the point that ...

New Yorker Electronics is now stocking two mission-critical products from Vishay’s military/aerospace parts division: the -40 dB MIL-PRF-55182 ERC (RNC/RNR) and MIL-PRF-39007 RWR with high-temperature ...