diff --git a/blog/capacitors.md b/blog/capacitors.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..56715a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/capacitors.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +# Capacitors +> Created by [Pavly G.](https://github.com/Scrappers-glitch) + +## Table of contents: +1) Prologue +2) Available Packages +3) Connecting capacitors (Parallel V.S. Series) +4) Capacitance and Kirchhoff's Laws +5) RC Timing Circuits + +## Prologue + +![image](https://github.com/Software-Hardware-Codesign/AVR-Sandbox/assets/60224159/69ddb996-8d4d-45ef-bcca-157746049f60) + +`Q = C x V ` +`C = Q / V` + +A Capacitor is a basic electronic component that stores electric charges (Q) based on the supplied voltage (V) and the Capacitance value (C). + +Capacitance is a value calculated in Farads designating the amount of the charge that a capacitor can accumulate over its plates per the supplied voltage. + +Both the capacitance and the supplied voltage (the work in joules) scale the final electric charge that is stored across the plates of the capacitor. + +The physical constituents of a capacitor are listed here: + +1) The dielectric is composed of 2 parallel electric plates. + +2) Connecting Leads. + +3) An insulator covering. + +## Available Packages + + +