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Electronic components
Any basic device or physical entity in an electronic system used to affect electrons or their associated fields.
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variable resistor
Electronic components; Resistors
A resistor that is not fixed in value. A resistor that may change its value. Also called a potentiometer, trimmer, or rheostat.
bare metal element resistor
Electronic components; Resistors
A small value resistor with no coating or covering and consists only of the resistive element attached (welded) to two terminals.
positive temperature coefficient (PTC)
Electronic components; Resistors
A device with a the resistance that will increase as temperature does A type of thermistor as shown by the picture to the right.
bleeder current
Electronic components; Resistors
The current through a bleeder resistor. In a voltage divider, bleeder current is usually determined by the 10 percent rule of thumb.
resistance wire
Electronic components; Resistors
A wire made of an alloy (nichrome wire) which has a high resistance per unit length. Resistance wire is used in wirewound resistors.
cermet
Electronic components; Resistors
A high temperature metal dielectric composed of both ceramic (cer) and metallic (met) materials used in resistors and potentiometers.
non-inductive resistor
Electronic components; Resistors
A Wire-Wound resistor produced that exhibits low inductance characteristics, perhaps around 1 percent of a normal wirewound resistor.
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