Cap Types: Electrolytic & Ceramic - Collin’s Lab Notes

Capacitance at Adafruit:
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Electrolytic vs Ceramic #capacitors - why choose one over the other? #adafruit #collinslabnotes
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[@Speedking762]

Than you for not making this video edit too extremely intense and sped up and choppy. This was enjoyable!

[@connecticutaggie]

Using a ceramic parallel with a tantalum is my favorite decoupling option. Polymer film capacitors are another cool option.

[@mikek1187]

The electrolytic capacitors on old macintosh logic boards is a common reason why they malfunction. Most times, one can remove the cap, clean the board of the leaked acid, and, if the acid hasn't caused TOO much corrosion, a tantalum capacitor can be resoldered in lieu of the electrolytic type.
I wash my logic boards in my dishwasher. Seriously, this process works like a charm, just be sure to thoroughly dry the board (including the water trapped under surface-mounted chips) before introducing power.

[@jamesdriscoll_tmp1515]

You can pre heat your oven to 200f and turn the heat off and place your board in on a tray to dry it. 30 minutes ought to be enough

[@formdoggie5]

@@jamesdriscoll_tmp1515 you can also do an alcohol dip and that will cause the water to evaporate even faster.

[@technopicnic6677]

Good

[@Chad-Giga.]

I always thought they looked like pills

[@glennedgar5057]

As a extension how to read the capacitant value, ie units

[@fast_and_curious9144]

Use Calculator

[@jamesdriscoll_tmp1515]

@@fast_and_curious9144 calculators can read?

[@cpu_1292]

Take the last digit and add that many zeros. This will give you the value in picofarads.
example: 102 -> the first '10' give a value of 10pF, adding two zeros gives you 1000pF which is the same as 1nF.