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title: "STOP! Using the Wrong Capacitors | Teardown 2024"
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# STOP! Using the Wrong Capacitors | Teardown 2024


[Learn more about Teardown 2024](https://www.crowdsupply.com/teardown/portland-2024)

## Google Slides

[Download Slides (PDF)](/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Stop-Using-the-Wrong-Capacitors-Teardown-2024-v1.pdf)

## Links

- Circuit Break Podcast #434: [The Other VCC](https://www.macrofab.com/podcasts/capacitor-comparison-voltage-coefficient/)
- Circuit Break Podcast #141: [It Depends MLCCs with James Lewis](https://macrofab.com/podcasts/it-depends-an-in-depth-look-at-mlccs-with-james-lewis/)
- YouTube: [Bald Engineer's Capacitor Videos](http://bald.ee/capvids)
- Hioki USA: [Unlocking the Secrets of Capacitor Impedance Plots](https://bald.ee/mlcc2polymer)
- Murata: [SimSurfing](https://ds.murata.co.jp/simsurfing/index.html?lcid=en-us)
- Yageo Group / [KEMET: K-SIM](https://ksim3.kemet.com/)