Crowbar circuits have long been the go-to safeguard against overvoltage conditions, prized for their simplicity and ...

Christopher Paul reviews Steve Woodward’s “Ignoring the regulator's reference” with a few minor tweaks to optimize ...

Everyone loves a full-wave bridge rectifier, but there’s no denying that they aren’t 100% efficient due to the diode voltage ...

Over on YouTube [Lockdown Electronics] reviews an old bit of kit known as the Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR). Invented in the 1950s the SCR is a type of thyristor and they were popular back in ...