For an efficient design, the conductor ampacity tables in Chapter 3 of the National Electrical Code (NEC) provide a starting point. But did the installation stay efficient over time? One way to ...

Voltage Drop Calc gives line workers a tool to determine the proper wire size for an electrical circuit, based on the voltage drop and current carrying capacity of an electrical circuit. Available ...

As a fundamental concept of electronic design, voltage drop ranks highly as one to understand well. I particularly appreciate when industry folks come up with creative ways to get the point across.

Power integrity is becoming a bigger problem at 10/7nm because existing tools such as static analysis no longer are sufficient. Power integrity is a function of static and dynamic voltage drop in the ...

It’s hard to argue with the fact that managing power is a primary challenge in modern SoC design as the industry moves to smaller technology nodes. While low-power design starts at the architectural ...

Q: The left taillight on my pickup is somewhat dimmer than the one on the right side. It’s not bad enough to go through the trouble and expense of having fixed it. But it bugs me. Any chance you have ...

The recommended maximum total voltage drop on branch-circuit conductors is ____%. Article 210 outlines the requirements for branch circuits. Branch-circuit rating rules are covered in Part II of this ...

The decline in voltage in an electrical circuit due to the resistance in the conducting line. This is why longer electrical runs in a building require thicker gauge wire and why AC power is ...

This circuit is a Mosfet-based linear voltage regulator with a voltage drop of as low as 60mV at 1A. The circuit uses a 15V-0-15V transformer and employs an IRF540 N-channel Mosfet (Q1) to deliver the ...

There’s no doubt that cheap digital calipers are useful, especially when designing 3D-printed parts. Unfortunately, cheap digital calipers are also cheap, and tend to burn through batteries quickly.