Electronics

From an LED on a breadboard to the transistor, the switch behind all computers. Watch them in this order.

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    10:14
    Experimenting with LEDs | Digital electronics (1 of 10)

    Ben Eater

    Experimenting with LEDs: your first circuit.

  2. 2
    12:04
    Limiting current through an LED | Digital electronics (2 of 10)

    Ben Eater

    Limiting current through an LED (and Ohm’s law in practice).

  3. 3
  4. 4
    11:23
    How a transistor works

    Ben Eater

    How a transistor works.

  5. 5
  6. 6
    13:02
    Making logic gates from transistors

    Ben Eater

    Making logic gates from transistors.

  7. 7
    27:51
    Astable 555 timer - 8-bit computer clock - part 1

    Ben Eater

    Build a clock with a 555 timer, the first step of Ben Eater’s 8-bit computer.

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