Inductors

Modified: 2 December, 2020

Important parameters, schematic symbols, series/parallel connections, core materials, construction methods, saturation currents, packages, uses/applications and more info on inductors.

SiFive

Modified: 2 December, 2020

Information on the microcontrollers produced by SiFive.

Resistors

Modified: 1 December, 2020

Schematic symbols, series and parallel behaviour, manufacturing processes, the E series, tolerances, variable resistors, volume resistance and more info about the electrical components called resistors.

Buck Converters

Modified: 30 November, 2020

Control methods, component selection, equations, operation modes, schematics, examples and more info on buck converters.

Soldering Irons And Stations

Modified: 30 November, 2020

A review of the different makes and models of both soldering irons and soldering stations.

SENSORS

Tilt Sensors

Date Published:	October 13, 2013
Last Modified:	October 13, 2013

Overview

A popular tilt sensor is the Rohm RPI-1031, a SMD 4-direction tilt detector. It provides 2 digital outputs for a total of 4 binary states (LL, LH, HL, HH).