A tutorial on zener diodes and how to use them as voltage clamps, voltage regulators, and how to create audio distortion circuits.
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A tutorial covering the advantages and disadvantages of schottky diodes over regular silicon diodes including forward voltage, efficiency, leakage current and recovery time issues.
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This video covers the basics of diodes, bridge rectifiers, and how to build simple unregulated AC to DC power supplies than can handle a few mA up to several Amps. I recommend watching my transformer tutorial first if you are confused about where I am getting the AC voltages from. The voltage regulator tutorial is […]
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