Category: Electronics

On the surface, many digital cameras could easily be mistaken for traditional cameras. Both have lens, viewfinders, zoom features, and various buttons and gadgets neatly packed into a square package. However, even the smallest inspection of a digital camera would immediately demonstrate its place in twenty-first-century technology. Digital cameras rely on three unique components that […]

An electromagnet is just like any other magnet and will attract certain metals (iron and steel) and other magnets. The difference is an electromagnet only works when electricity is flowing through it. So what components make up an electromagnet and how does it work? In this article, we will answer those questions as we look […]

Electricity is seamlessly integrated into our lives like nothing else. Many do not understand how the many different components operate in order to manipulate electricity into a useful thing. Capacitors are one of these key components that we use to control electricity. To understand how a capacitor works, it is helpful to understand how a […]

Faraday’s Law of Induction is the principle under which electric generators work. Every magnet has a field of waves around it. Electric current is generated if this magnetic field is disturbed. The electric current can flow along a closed loop of wire. The magnetic field is disturbed by any form of physical motion or force. […]

In today’s world of high technology the ability to communicate has become more and more important but also more and difficult due to the variety of electronic devices we use in our everyday life. Who hasn’t sat on the floor of their living room, surrounded by a multitude of cables and wires, staring at the […]

Through the years, the simple television set has evolved into what many call home theater systems. Large and bulky, the majority of these new systems are cumbersome to move and take up a sizeable portion of the room, discouraging small homeowners from making such a purchase. In recent years, however, the plasma display has arrived […]

First, let’s begin by learning what ringtones are and what they do. Your phone probably already has a dozen or more “tones” within it that you can choose from to be the sound that alerts you to an incoming call. These tones can be either monophonic (mono meaning “one,” indicating that single note is playing […]

Power grids are a common sight in America. If you look out your window, you can usually see the power cables that are attached to different houses or buildings in your neighborhood. If you have ever been on a long road trip, you have seen the high voltage power lines that are strung up to […]

Let us first begin down this winding path of coiled electronics by explaining what an inductor is. The construction of the inductor is from a piece of conductive wire–usually copper. The conductive property of wire is merely a term that is used for how well the free electrons of an element, in this case copper, […]

Pendulum clocks were developed in the mid-1600’s in Europe. Galileo discovered that pendulums swung at a constant rate, no matter how much energy was in each swing. He noted that pendulums might be used to regulate clocks or other devices. Christiaan Huygens (a Dutch scientist) is credited with the patent for the first pendulum clock […]