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Insight – How Belling Lee Connectors Work

Belling-Lee connectors are one of the oldest types of coaxial connectors and are still widely used in many countries across the world. Commonly known as PAL connectors or TV aerial plugs, these...

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Insight – How Banana Jack/Connector Works

Banana connectors are a popular species of electrical connectors which find major use in connecting power amplifiers, speakers, woofers etc. in audio systems. Designed for high power applications,...

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Insight – How Immersion Blender or Hand Blender Works

 Yes. This week’s Insight is a Hand Blender. On the last Saturday morning, after a full night’s work at the EG Labs, the whole Engineering Garage team gathered to make smoothies and sandwiches before...

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Insight – How Bantam Connector Works

Bantam Connectors are a sub type of phone-connectors, used thus in professional audio applications. From microphones to guitars, these connectors serve as high quality links to connect audio devices....

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Insight – How Circular Power Connector Works

In industries, transmitting error free signal and data is very crucial as a small variation may affect the processes by a large extent. Hence, interfacing the wires carrying such information to the...

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Insight – How Stethoscope Works

One of the few compulsory gadgets that every doctor carries is the Stethoscope. A sophisticated assembly constructed out of steel and plastic, stethoscope is an age-old source to diagnose cardiac...

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Insight – Learn the Working of a Turbidity Sensor

Turbidity is the quantitative measure of suspended particles in a fluid. It can be soil in water or chocolate flakes in your favorite milk shake. While chocolate is something we soo want in our drinks,...

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Insight – Learn the Working of a Motion Sensor or PIR Sensor

The modern world is filled with gadgets that get excited when they sense human motion. Automatic doors in elevators and shopping malls, burglar alarms at houses and shops, automatic lighting systems,...

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Insight – How Diode Works

This component needs no introduction. One of the first semiconductor based engineering components, diodes are an indispensible necessity for any current  modern gadget or circuit. They are the basic...

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Insight – How Remote Control Works

The Oxford Dictionary defines a remote control to be a “control of a machine or apparatus from a distance by means of radio or infrared signals transmitted from a device”. So, when we decided to go...

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Insight – How Network Resistor Works

 Network resistor is a passive circuit element that is a combination of multiple resistances. It forms a convenient solution when the user needs multiple resistances [[wysiwyg_imageupload::]]while...

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Insight – How Tubular Solenoid Works

Solenoids are a well known application where magnetic fields are used to create controlled magnetic force. Solenoids are used in various industries where they [[wysiwyg_imageupload::]]serve the purpose...

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Insight – How Current Transformer Works

Transformer is an electrical device which works on the principle of Faraday’s law of electromagnetism used to step up or step down the input [[wysiwyg_imageupload::]]voltage.Transformers are of...

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Insight – Learn the Working of a Gas Sensor

In current technology scenario, monitoring of gases produced is very important. From home appliances such as air conditioners to electric chimneys and safety systems at industries monitoring of gases...

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Insight – Learn the Working of a Capacitive Touch Sensor

Everything in today’s digital devices world is becoming a touch away. Whether it is filling an early morning coffee mug or setting the timer for washing machine or turning ON the display of your...

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Insight – How LED Dot Matrix Display Works

Light emitting diodes aligned in a form of matrix constitute a dot matrix display. It is commonly used to display time, temperature, news updates and many  more on digital billboards. Dot Matrix...

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Insight – How Head Phone TRS Connector or Jack works

Ever wondered how are wires connected to a connector. How different number of wires are connected to segments of the connector? A connector aka jack for the earphone, headphone, microphone, like any...

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Insight – How Analog Speedometer Works

You may know how to drive or you are just like me who always tag along as side kick, but there is one part of automobile that is voluntary known to each one of us “Speedometer”. You may not be driving...

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Insight – How Expandable Screw Works

In my latest conquest of DIY i.e. Do It Yourself mission, I wanted to learn about a SCREW and not just our simple screw but most recent addition in the family of screws i.e. Expandable Screws. I found...

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Insight – How Does an Odometer Work

Are you all set to hack the km readings displayed on your vehicle dashboard!Let us explore the science behind the working of an Odometer, a mechanical device which shows the distance traveled by your...

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