How a capacitor keeps TIME

// WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

A resistor makes a capacitor fill slowly: τ = R × C (10 kΩ × 100 µF = 1 s), 63 % after 1τ, full after 5τ — that's a timer.

// LESSON NOTES

Part 2: a capacitor is a CLOCK ⏱️

Put a resistor in front of it and it fills SLOWLY — fast at first, then slower and slower.

τ = R × C
10 kΩ × 100 µF = 1 second
After 1τ → 63 % full. After 5τ → full.

Double R (or C) = double the time. That's how 555 timers, blinkers and delays work.

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