Other Car Electronics

There are so many GPS navigation units for the car and it can be very difficult to decide what system to buy. There are many, many GPS brands — TomTom GPS units, Garmin GPS systems, Magellan...

You will need to learn how to remove battery corrosion if you have ever left the batteries in a device too long. Leaky batteries leave behind alkaline battery acid build up. This build up can be...

Have you ever been in a car traveling with someone reading off where you should turn or exit on a trip? This experience can be quite frustrating for both drivers and passengers alike. In recent...

Everyone has locked themselves out of there car at work or at the store before. Whatever the reason is our car keys are sitting inside our car just out of reach. Oh what to do, a wait of 1 hr for...

In 1827 Georg Simon Ohm published the group of electrical laws that bear his name. Electrical engineering students have been trying to memorize them ever since with mixed success. Here's an easy...

In much of the world, and especially in the industrialized western world, electricity is an essential element of daily life, along with appliances and gadgets that run on battery power....

If you live in one of the many states that have toll roads, toll bridges or toll tunnels and ride a motorcycle, you can get a toll tag for your bike and not have to worry about it falling off the...

Shunt resistive circuits are used for bypassing a specific amount of current around precision electronic instrument. The most common of these circuits used for bypassing, or shunting, is in an...

This article will tell you how to construct, from scratch, a 200W 12VDC to 120VAC Power Invertor that could easily be used in your car. The costs of parts will most likely run about $20 to $30...

Fuses protect important electronic circuits from being oversupplied with power--so much power that the other electronic components can be damaged as a result. A fuse is placed in a circuit and...

Auto theft is on the rise, and adding an anti-theft device to your vehicle is one way to deter both amateur and professional car thieves. Car alarms are the most common anti-theft device used in...

Capacitors play an important role in many electric motors. Generally, two types of capacitor applications are employed. These are starting capacitors, which assist motor starters in turning over...

In retail stores, an anti-theft device is a small piece of plastic with a mechanism in it that can be turned on and off. The mechanism is constantly emitting a signal, the frequency of which will...

Testing the battery voltage of an automobile can provide lots of information. If the voltage is low when the car is off, you could have an IOD, or ignition off draw. If the battery is low when the...

Microwaves are a form of radiation that run along the electromagnetic spectrum. This spectrum is made up of different energies including radio and light waves. It even has gamma radiation, which...

No one really likes the idea of having an electric hand dryer in the bathroom. However, it’s no secret that hand dryers are significantly more eco-friendly than their paper towel...