Electronic Design

Use Analog Techniques To Measure Capacitance In Capacitive Sensors

Capacitive sensors are found in a wide range of equipment, from consumer electronics to industrial/process control. Touch buttons are increasingly found in lamps and dimmers. Motion detectors can ...
EDN

Capacitance measurement: Understand and use the right technique to dramatically improve results

A capacitor measured with a $100 handheld multi-meter can give a substantially different result than the same capacitor measured with a $10,000 LCR meter. That same capacitor measured with two ...
Hackaday

Measuring Capacitance Against Voltage

Ceramic capacitors are pretty much the pixie dust of the electronics world. If you sprinkle enough of them on a circuit, everything will work. These ceramic capacitors aren’t the newest and latest ...
Electronics Weekly

Seeing how capacitors work is invaluable, says Keithley

Guest columnist Dale Cigoy, lead applications engineer at Keithley Instruments, outlines how an understanding of the challenges for testing capacitors can be invaluable to engineers. Capacitors are ...
Electronic Design

High-Temperature, Max-Capacitance Wet Electrolytic Tantalum Capacitor Series

AVX Corp.’s TWA-X Series wet electrolytic tantalum capacitors feature a high-capacitance cathode system that achieves high CV performance in standard case sizes. Designed for use at 230°C, the ...