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A Wheezy Steampunk
Jul 16, 2006

High School Grads Eligible!
i like to stick to the classic zener diode

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Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

1n219

Jerry Bindle
May 16, 2003
2n3904 :unsmigghh:

maniacdevnull
Apr 18, 2007

FOUR CUBIC FRAMES
DISPROVES SOFT G GOD
YOU ARE EDUCATED STUPID

l bought a single hid blue led in 1999 and used a soldering iron to mod it into my optical mouse and it was awesome and I'm awesome so that one, op.

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

i'm a fan of the sort of diode that emits light.

exe cummings
Jan 22, 2005

once i programmed an infnite loop into my TI-83+ to light up a red diode jammed into the link port. thanks for eading

white guy muhammed
Mar 14, 2015

by Ralp

As a Millennial I posted:

i'm a fan of the sort of diode that emits light.

Same, good diode, highly recommend

Phoning It In
Oct 17, 2010
cat's whisker detectors looked pretty wild

Raluek
Nov 3, 2006

WUT.
i like schottky diodes because their schematic symbols have an ornate hilt

for "hm neat i guess" slightly obscure functionality i like shockley diodes

Locker Room Zubaz
Aug 8, 2006

:horse:
~*~THE SECRET OF THE MAGICAL CRYSTALS IS THAT I'M FUCKING TERRIBLE~*~

:horse:
Schottky diodes are cool

Locker Room Zubaz
Aug 8, 2006

:horse:
~*~THE SECRET OF THE MAGICAL CRYSTALS IS THAT I'M FUCKING TERRIBLE~*~

:horse:
that image doesn't work too well unless you have already read the post

Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



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tunnel diode best diode

negative resistance :getin:

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

i like diode connected mosfets

Locker Room Zubaz
Aug 8, 2006

:horse:
~*~THE SECRET OF THE MAGICAL CRYSTALS IS THAT I'M FUCKING TERRIBLE~*~

:horse:
all diodes are beautiful

Raluek
Nov 3, 2006

WUT.

Jonny 290 posted:

tunnel diode best diode

negative resistance :getin:

neat

Locker Room Zubaz posted:

Schottky diodes are cool



yo man i SAID that man i said it

A Wheezy Steampunk
Jul 16, 2006

High School Grads Eligible!

Phoning It In posted:

cat's whisker detectors looked pretty wild



A Good Diode

Locker Room Zubaz
Aug 8, 2006

:horse:
~*~THE SECRET OF THE MAGICAL CRYSTALS IS THAT I'M FUCKING TERRIBLE~*~

:horse:

Raluek posted:

neat


yo man i SAID that man i said it

you said it while i was looking for a good image but i didn't end up finding a good image

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮


got a box of these lying around

longview
Dec 25, 2006

heh.
Pin diodes are fun I guess

I like the bat54s, suits my input protection needs

Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



[ASK] me about OS/2 Warp
diode switching of ac signals is still weirdly confusing to me but its still awesome

wanna do a diode switched audio input selector for all my radios

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

i dont even remember wtf a diode is and i took a shitload of ee classes in college lol

faxlore
Sep 24, 2014

a blue star tattoo for you!

light emitting diodes are p. neat that's the only diode i know because i am a literal Luddite

A Wheezy Steampunk
Jul 16, 2006

High School Grads Eligible!

mishaq posted:

i dont even remember wtf a diode is and i took a shitload of ee classes in college lol

diodes are very important

OldAlias
Nov 2, 2013

why did the capacitor kiss the diode? He just couldn't resistor :xd:

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

A Wheezy Steampunk posted:

diodes are very important

they only allow current to go one direction correct?

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

graph posted:

they only allow current to go one direction correct?

how much current we talkin? :twisted:

Jerry Bindle
May 16, 2003

graph posted:

they only allow current to go one direction correct?

theres a bunch of different kinds that do all different kinds of things, but yeah thats the main idea.

like everything there are a whole bunch of aggravating and/or interesting things about them. like, if you try to use a general purpose diode, like a 1n4444 to rectify a high frequency signal, it won't work. when a forward biased diode is 'instantaneously' reverse biased, current will flow in the opposite direction until the depletion region is regenerated

i had a semiconductor prof say that you don't understand a pn-junction if you can't draw the band diagram, i can't remember how to draw the band diagram of this happening though so

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
if I solder two diodes back to back, they'll work like a transistor right? :razz:

Shifty Pony
Dec 28, 2004

Up ta somethin'


diode logic is pretty cool

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:
here's one of my favourites

Hed
Mar 31, 2004

Fun Shoe
diodes fuckin blow. throw another junction in there baby i got neg holes to pos

Space-Pope
Aug 13, 2003

by zen death robot

Silver Alicorn posted:

if I solder two diodes back to back, they'll work like a transistor right? :razz:
only if u cut 1 in half w/ a pair of diagonal clippers

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

imagine. an nppn device. it has a pp junction. pp. lmao.

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmotkjMSKnI

jeri :allears:

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013


the loudest video i have ever watched

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Slippery Tilde
Your Diode is a Piece Of poo poo because it wasn't handcrafted steampunk style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUPizgcWimw

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

actually, it is almost certainly much better precisely because it is not

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
vacuum tubes are incredibly not steampunk

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Slippery Tilde

Silver Alicorn posted:

vacuum tubes are incredibly not steampunk
don't hold back, educate us squares about the correct genre name

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Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
idk if there is one. steampunk is about coal & steam power though. gas lamps & uncomfortable victorian clothing. no electricity.

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