Topic

diode

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   1 How to protect circuits from reversed voltage polarity!

   Afrotechmods 23 people · 24 months · since Aug 2012

   Compares diode and P-channel MOSFET reverse polarity protection, showing the MOSFET wastes far less power; a common reference when adding input protection to a board.

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   2 EEVblog #490 - Peak Detector Circuit

   EEVblog 11 people · 11 months · since Nov 2013

   Dave Jones builds peak detectors from a simple diode and capacitor up to precision op-amp versions; a frequent reference for envelope and pulse detection projects.

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   3 Diode Tutorial & How to build an AC to DC power supply

   Afrotechmods 9 people · 9 months · since Oct 2011

   Covers diode basics and builds a transformer, rectifier and capacitor power supply; recommended within a beginner series, including on why parallel diodes do not share current.

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   4 #49: Simple Component Tester using Oscilloscope - Octopus Curve Tracer

   w2aew 5 people · 5 months · since May 2013

   Builds a simple octopus curve tracer that plots component I-V curves on an oscilloscope; recommended as a cheap way to see a diode's knee voltage.

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   5 #167: How a Diode Ring Mixer works | Mixer operation theory and measurement

   w2aew 3 people · 3 months · since Aug 2017

   Alan Wolke explains how a diode ring mixer works and measures one on the bench; people build their own mixers from it and return with theory questions.