Re: emc success

Hi,

Tantalum capacitors blow up very readily due to their very low
internal resistance (ESR). Try charging one from a battery, then
discharging it by shorting its leads. The very high pulse currents
will destroy it in short order.

Mariss

> > I refuse to use Tantalum capacitors, due to the fact they burn up
> > in a rather nasty way. Multilayer ceramic caps are fine for the
> > same purpose, and even cheaper
>
>
> In 25 years of electronic work i have never seen a tantalum burn

up.

> They are made for this kind of stuff. high volumetric efficency

and

> good service life.