OLED – Organic Lighting Technology Soon to be in Your Home.

OLED technology, or Organic Light Emitting Diodes, may very well be lighting your life in the very near future, thanks to new developments by a researcher at the University of Michigan. OLED? Organic Light Emitting Diode. Organic? Organic in the sense that they utilize a carbon-hydrogen based structure (like us) versus silicon based structure for the...

The Electric Vessel to Store Charge – Capacitor

Water can be stored in an elevated storage tank to be used later on. It requires a pump to store the water at that height and it flows out instantly when needed. So what do you do when you need to store electric charge, just find out! Introduction It is always good to save for a rainy day: be it money, water (although you don’t need water on a rainy...

How Cell Phones Work

They say that the era of communication technology has provided one of the major catalysts in developing a modern human society. Let us take a look at one of the most prominent communication devices, the mobile phone. When Alexander Graham Bell developed the first Telephone in the later part of the 19 century, the industrial revolution suddenly changed...

Introduction to Magnetic Circuits

The term electrical circuit seems quite familiar and we often hear it in every day life. But do you know there is another type of circuit namely a magnetic circuit. If not, then here is an article which will explain some basic concepts of magnetic circuits. The Magnetic Field Before going on to understand a magnetic circuit we must first understand...

Basics of Optical Media Storage - Let’s Talk About Compact Discs and Burners

There are a lot of data formats that you can save in an optical media. We have really gone far from magnetic floppy disks to the next generation of laser recorded media. An optical media is a storage device which can hold a considerable amount of electronic data written by a laser. The conventional optical media that you are probably familiar with are...

How Do Rechargeable Batteries Work? – Recycling Battery Life Span

You go to sleep every night for the very purpose of restoring body energy after a day’s work. But did you know that even batteries need to sleep and recharge in order to power up your electronic devices? The batteries that we use today can be classified into two types, Primary cells and Secondary cells. Primary cells are disposable batteries, like alkaline...

Electric Fuses – Devices to Prevent Circuit Damage and Fire

There are a lot of different types of fuses found in electrical equipment today. But do you really know how they work? Fuse – An Overview Fuses, also called “fusible links”, are small electrical devices, which provide protection for an electrical circuit whenever an uncontrollable amount of current flows. The basic components of most fuses are metal...

AND, NAND & NOT Gates Explained

In this article you will learn how AND, NAND and NOT gates function also we will take a look at some simple applications of logic gates in real life situations. AND Gate An AND gate gives a 1 or True output only and only if all the inputs are True or 1. If even a single output is False or 0, it will not give any output meaning thereby that the output...

Logic Gates – The Gateways to Intelligence in Machines

We often use logic and common sense in making our day to day decisions. But can the same be said about machines? Well I do not know about common sense, but certainly electronic machines can make logical decisions. Find out the science behind it. Introduction When I am talking of making logical decisions, I do not mean complicated decisions for the time...

Understanding Alternating and Direct Currents

Mankind would not have developed this far if not for electricity. Basically, this resource is considered to be one of the primary movers in terms of improving the lives of billions of people. Let us talk about the difference between Alternating and Direct Currents. Direct Current A direct current can be explained in pure simplicity. You have probably...