A previous Design Idea describes a circuit that uses an astable multivibrator to drive an LED (Reference 1). The circuit in Figure 1 uses a simpler alternative approach. The circuit uses a 2N3904 NPN ...

A very simple but highly efficient combination lock circuit is shown in the figure. Any type of on/off switches can be used, varying from commercially available inexpensive types ...

Lesson 4 Using Transistors: Let’s Get Transistorized! Overview In this lesson, students build two circuits and explore how transistors function. Objectives • To observe how a transistor functions in a ...

Simple Electronics was part of the imprint’s Learnabout series, and it took the basic premise of its predecessor away from the realm of radio into other transistor circuits.

This compact guide to the simplest of chaotic circuits and how to build them also serves as a broad overview of the field of chaos, particularly in electronics.

At the core of every computer, smartphone, and digital device lies the transistor, a tiny but powerful component that is crucial for processing data and performing mathematical operations. But how ...

"We propose utilizing chaos theory— the system's own nonlinearity—to enable transistor circuits to be programmed to perform different tasks. A very simple nonlinear transistor circuit contains ...

Texas Instruments presented a new transistor that may make onboard chargers and DC/DC converters 50 percent smaller: GaN FETs.

Their “atomtronic” battery is based on a Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) and could be used to supply circuits made from transistors and other components that operate using atomic rather than electronic ...