Chinese New Year 2027: A Component Buyer Guide to the Asian Shutdown Calendar

Chinese New Year 2027 falls on Saturday 6 February. Confirmed holiday dates for China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, plus a month-by-month ordering timeline and the other Asian shutdown windows.

MLCC Dielectrics Explained: C0G, X5R, X7R and Why Your Capacitor Loses Capacitance

What X7R, X5R, C0G and Y5V actually mean, how to read the EIA code, and the four Class II behaviours – DC bias, ageing, temperature drift and microphonics – that catch designers out.

How to Read a Walsin MLCC Part Number: A Field-by-Field Decoder

Walsin MLCC part numbers decode in seven fixed fields: size, dielectric, capacitance, tolerance, rated voltage, termination and packaging. Full code tables and worked examples.