A light switch faceplate that’s warm to the touch is a sign of an overloaded circuit. If you have a lighting fixture with ...

There are standard designations and symbols that describe how electrical contacts work in specific scenarios. These designations spell out the number of contacts and how they behave during operation.

Archaic light switches might as well be from the stone age. All they do is turn a light on and off. They can't dim lighting gently or remember the brightness level you prefer. Outdated switches don't ...

A load switch is an electronic switch. It works like a relay to power supply rails in systems, but it has no moving parts. Load switches are increasingly found in today’s portable electronic devices, ...

Any X-Y switch matrix can be considered with this circuit, which simplifies decoding of the common 4x4 keypad matrix and eliminates having to scan rows or columns. Using eight digital inputs, this ...