Tantalum caps, are they as bad as we think ?

No they are not. They are among the best caps when you take in account the low volume/size. You often hear they are stable, low D and last a long time. But they are not resistant to over voltage. That I why I did a little test using an SMU to see the current leaking … Read more

TRIAC, SCR testing

TRIACs are strange beasts. The operate in 4 quadrants, that is most of them can. As far as I know they all can operate in 3 quadrants and some in all 4. The modes are a combination of the gate voltage polarity and the T2 voltage. T1 is referenced at ground. So T2 can be … Read more