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Diodes Explained: One-Way Current Flow in Electronics

This video explains what a diode is and how it controls the direction of current in electronic circuits. Diodes allow current ...
EDN

In-Circuit Testing of Diodes and Rectifiers

We have all had difficulty testing diodes in-circuit. Most DMM’s have a diode Vf function that measures forward drop, but what is the normal voltage drop? Analog VOM’s attempt to measure resistance of ...
EDN

Zener test circuit serves as dc source

This Design Idea describes a versatile test circuit for zener diodes after yet another misread zener diode had infiltrated the ranks of 1N4148 diodes assembled on a pc board. As a bonus, the circuit ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Unearthing Hidden Reliability Risks

Leakage through parasitic body diodes in MOSFETs: Unintended current paths can form through transistor body diodes, ...
Hackaday

Soda Bicarb Diode Steering Circuit For 7-Segment Display

[Hales] has been on a mission for a while to make his own diodes and put them to use and now he’s succeeded with diodes made of sodium bicarbonate and water, aluminum tape and soldered copper. By ...
Morningstar

Circuit Check Acquires Solution Sources Programming (SSP) to Become a Full-Service Test and Programming Provider with Expanded Presence in Silicon Valley

MAPLE GROVE, Minn., Aug. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Circuit Check, a global leader in turnkey functional test systems across medical, automotive, industrial, military/aerospace, and emerging AI ...