The gate driver circuit shown in the screenshot uses BC547s, which are limited to less than 200 mA current. Instead, if the two transistors were BC337 or PN2222A which can easily handle over 500 mA, they could charge and discharge the gate faster, and thus reduce the dissipation in the MOSFET.
2024-02-21 Website for Electronics – Very Comprehensive
This very comprehensive electronics website has many projects with useful devices. This example project is a transistor curve tracer. Go to the index and look at the many, many links. It seems to be at the ETH in Switzerland but some of the words are in ?Thai? https://www.changpuak.ch/electronics/Curve_Tracer_advanced.php#
2024-02-17 BJT, FET Curve Tracer
This very comprehensive website has a transistor and FET Curve tracer. Also a simpler curve tracer for all components. Click on box to download the schematic, etc. https://www.changpuak.ch/electronics/Curve_Tracer_advanced.php#
2024-02-08 Padauk PMS154C 5 Cent Microcontroller
“”The 5 cent microcontroller! Got myself 100 Padauk PMS154C, one time programmable microcontroller. 2K program memory, 128 bytes of RAM, 6 timers (some 8 & 11 bit pwm capable), hardware comparator, deep sleep and interrupts capable. Alongside the proprietary programmer too (about 100$). Perfect to flash a few leds on toys, or similar simple cheap
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2023-11-14 My Supercharged Joule Thief At Devopedia
He uses my SJT circuit in his web page. https://devopedia.org/joule-thief-circuit
2023-11-10 Joint Electronics Type Designation System
Here is a wealth of information about much of the electronics that is used by government entities especially the military. You can find out what the system is for data processing hardware. This used to be called JAN – Joint Army Navy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Electronics_Type_Designation_System
2023-09-29 Calculate Resistance From Color Code
Something that beginners can put on their desktop. http://nonlinear.eecs.berkeley.edu/chaos/ResistanceCalculator/resistor.htm
2023-09-03 Ethernet And POTS Over The Same Pair
When I was in the Army in Germany, I worked at the switchboard. We had a few telephone lines between HQ where I was and other missile battalions. These were from the German telephone system. There weren’t enough telephone pairs so they ordered the transformers used to make phantom circuits and installed them at both
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