Watch electricity hit a fork in the road at half a billion frames per second

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Turns transmission-line theory into something you can see, with a custom-built measurement setup.

Ultra-high-speed footage of an electrical pulse reaching a branch in a wire, showing reflections and impedance in action.

Video by AlphaPhoenix, played through YouTube's embedded player.

Part of Circuits, Physics