In all kinds of engineering, we build on abstractions in a kind of inverted pyramid. Lots of people can, for example, design a system using ready-made building blocks on printed circuit boards. Fewer ...

The inventor Otis Frank Boykin, known for inventing the wire precision resistor, was born on August 29, 1920 in Dallas, Texas. Boykin’s mother, Sarah Boykin, worked as a maid before dying in 1921 ...

In 1961, inventor Otis Boykin received a patent for a novel electrical resistor that was simpler and less expensive to manufacture than current resistors that were wound on bobbins. According to the ...

The resistor is one of the simpler electronic components. Engineers seldom examine resistor characteristics until there's a resistor-related problem with a circuit design. You can probably resolve 90% ...

The VRH320 Variable Wire Wound Resistor available from ARCOL Resistors has a wide range of applications for voltage and current adjustment including industrial machinery RPM adjustment, instruments, ...

I will be installing a DUI HEI-style distributor in my ’65 Mustang hardtop with an inline-six. This unit requires direct 12V power from the ignition switch. I know I would need to connect this 12V ...