I am having difficulty calculating time constants. How is the formula used in laymen term?:confused:
S Thread Starter smadison Joined Mar 11, 2009 1 Mar 11, 2009 #1 I am having difficulty calculating time constants. How is the formula used in laymen term?
bertus Joined Apr 5, 2008 22,266 Mar 11, 2009 #2 Hello, Do you mean the time constant of a RC network ? Here is a page with some explanation. http://othello.mech.northwestern.edu/ea3/book/elec5/RC.htm This page comes from the EDUCYPEDIA page on RC,RL circuits. http://www.educypedia.be/electronics/analogrc.htm Greetings, Bertus
Hello, Do you mean the time constant of a RC network ? Here is a page with some explanation. http://othello.mech.northwestern.edu/ea3/book/elec5/RC.htm This page comes from the EDUCYPEDIA page on RC,RL circuits. http://www.educypedia.be/electronics/analogrc.htm Greetings, Bertus
Bernard Joined Aug 7, 2008 5,784 Mar 11, 2009 #3 Thanks Bertus for the review; we are so engrosed with 555 timers, that I for one, start thinking that threshold, 66% is 1 RC. I still use a 555 with a 1MΩ to maesure larger caps, 1-10000, Just read the seconds.
Thanks Bertus for the review; we are so engrosed with 555 timers, that I for one, start thinking that threshold, 66% is 1 RC. I still use a 555 with a 1MΩ to maesure larger caps, 1-10000, Just read the seconds.