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Capacitors

Carol Tear looks at some websites that explain what capacitors are, how they work, some of their applications and how we could not manage without them

Did you know that you may have 500 or more capacitors in your pocket? If you have a smartphone it will contain roughly that number. This Electronic Design website reports that, in 2020, one manufacturer was planning to produce even smaller capacitors for smartphones and wearable devices:

https://tinyurl.com/smartphone-capacitors

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