When I originally wrote the treatise on dynamic circuit response from which this series is derived, I had a different version of this fifth article in the series, “Open-Circuit or Nodal Time Constants ...

Previous tutorials have shown the properties and characteristics of simple resistor-only and inductor-only AC circuits. We will now investigate the effects of combining the two components together.

There aren’t many concepts in the entire sphere of electronics that are quite as fundamental as the RC time constant. The initialism standing for “resistor-capacitor”, the RC time constant is a ...