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Dave shows you an interesting ionic resistance phenomenon that lets you increase the battery capacity in typical Alkaline AA and AAA cells. Forum HERE Ionic resistance video Batteriser Monkey Busted Video Podcast: Download

Everything you need to know about bypass capacitors. How do they work? Why use them at all? Why put multiple ones in parallel? What effect does package type have on performance? Are there any traps? Dave measures some bypass capacitors with an impedance analyser to confirm the whiteboard theory and …

Dave investigates the piezoelectric effect in multi layer chip capacitors (MLCC’s). In this case, on the backlight inverter on his own BM235 multimeter. Forum HERE LCD Driver DATASHEET Capacitor Tutorial VIDEO Podcast: Download

In this Fundamental Friday Dave will blow your mind as he shows you how you can power a microcontroller *without* a power or ground pin! A potentially big trap for young and old players alike. Can you guess how it’s done before the secret is revealed? Forum HERE SPOILER: A …

Dave explains the fundamental DC circuit theorems of Mesh Analysis, Nodal Analysis, and the Superposition Theorem, and how they can be used to analyse circuits using Kirchhoff’s Voltage and Current Laws we learned in the previous video HERE The same circuit is solved using the 3 different methods. Will we …