Parts Basics

The Electrolytic Capacitor as drawn on the PinBench canvas.

Electrolytic Capacitor

A polarized aluminium electrolytic capacitor. The stripe marks the negative lead.

Category
Basics
Size
11.4 × 14 mm

Pins

PinRole
-Signal
+Signal

Settings

Change these in the part's properties on the canvas.

Capacitance
100 µF

How PinBench simulates it

  • The circuit is solved for its steady state, where a capacitor is an open circuit, so the value is shown on the part rather than simulated over time.
  • Reversing it is not modelled.