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Discharging RLC. Kirchhoff's second law

I have been trying to solve this homework problem for who-knows how many hours. I could break it down enough as to specify the problem I'm facing into a single question: For the following circuit ...
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About Resistor packages, inductor packages and capacitor packages

I want to know what is meant by Resistor, capacitor, and inductor packages. what are differnt catagories in them.
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How do you directly determine the approx. value of internal resistance of inductor in LC circuit

According to my calculation, it will take 0.005 seconds to charge this circuit to 8 Volts through the 50 ohms resistor. Using $$ V_c = V_s(1-e^{-t/RC}) $$ How do you determine the effective ...
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Behavior of RLC circuit elements at t = 0

I'm wondering what are the behaviors of the inductor, L, and capacitor, C, at t = 0+ Please correct my understanding of the above circuit if I am wrong. At t = 0, the capacitor acts like a wire. ...
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Deciphering Part Names in BOM

I need help deciphering a BOM that comes with a particular TI reference design. If you look at "Partlist.rep" in the zip file, it looks something like this [I've edited it down a bit]: ...
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Are capacitors and inductors capable of absorbing positive power?

A resistor is capable of absorbing positive power. Why wouldn't this be true for capacitors and inductors?
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what is the magnitude of total voltage in the below circuit?

I was working on some RLC circuits and I found a question something like this. In series RL circuit, \$V_R\$ = 4V and \$V_L\$ = 3V. what is the magnitude of total voltage ? I just thought \$V_T\$ = ...
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Plans / tutorial for sound effect generator using only analog components?

I've been wanting to make a laser gun sound effect attachment for my son's bike. Currently, I'm using the electronics salvaged from his old laser gun toys. All of them seem to use electronics hidden ...