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Processor resistor
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A reseestor is a twa-endit electronic component that maks a voltage ower its ends evenly tae the circuit's voltage bi Ohm's Law. In electronic circuits, resistors are uised tae git current flow doun, sort signal levels, tae spleet voltages, bias active elements, an terminate transmission lines, among ither uises. Heigh-power resistors that can dissipate mony watts o electrical pouer as heat micht be uised as pairt o motor controls, in pouer distreebution seestems, or as test loads for generators. Fixed resistors hiv resistances that juist chynge a wee bit wi temperatur, time or operatin voltage. Variable resistors can be uised tae sort circuit elements (sic as a vollum control or a lamp dimmer), or as sensin devices for heat, licht, humidity, force, or chemical acteevity.[citation needit]
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Resistor | |
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Type | Passive |
Wirkin principle | Electric resistance |
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Resistors are common elements for electrical networks an electronic circuits and are fun in loads o electronic equipment. Practical resistors as discrete components can be made up o sindry compounds an forms. Resistors are implementit ben integrated circuits an aw.
The electrical function for a resistor is specifeed bi its resistance: common commercial resistors are manufacturt ower a reenge o mair nor nine orders of magnitude. The nominal value for the resistance faws ben the manufacturin tolerance, indicatit on the component.