Circuit Playground: C Is for Capacitor

Illustration of a circuit board with a tubular object bridging two paths. Caption: In this circuit, I'm filtering power.

Capacitors and batteries store electrical energy, but they also have different functions in a circuit. Adabot and Ladyada discuss those differences, and Cappy, the capacitor, explains how capacitors work in an electrical circuit. Part of the "Circuit Playground" series.

(Source: DCMP)

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  • Circuit Playground: C Is for Capacitor

    Type:
    Video
    Format:
    Streaming
    Accommodations:
    English Audio Descriptions - Visual, English Captions - Auditory
    Languages:
    English
    License:
    DCMP Membership
    Author:
    Adafruit Industries
    Length:
    7 minutes