June 2023 Updates

• Added information about electrolyte leakage in electrolytic capacitors.

• Fixed bug which resulting in the embedded circuitjs iframe’s from being displayed correctly (unsure of what was caused the problem to occur in the first place).

• Added info on differences between “solid” and “wet” tantalum capacitors.

• Added a new aside shortcode for Markdown and changed the styling of the asides (called admonitions in AsciiDoc) so that the title and icon are a top-bar rather than a side-bar (looks better when there is longer content in the aside).

• Added info on the TO-220-7 and TO-220-7C variants of the TO-220 component package family.

• Added a new page on the TO-206 component package family.

• Fixed error where the SOT-490 was incorrectly labelled as SOD-490.

• Added a new page on Switching PSU Control Methodologies.

• Added a new page on Mid-Chip Solder Balls.

• Added info on feedforward, standard form, series form, and diagrams to the PID Control page.

• Added info on manual tuning to the PID Control page, including a worked example.

• Added more info on SMD crystal packages, including the 7x5mm package.

• Added a new page on Resonant Converters, a form of SMPS (switch-mode power supply).