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Electronic components and what they do Videos on electronic components and what they do. Connecting several together (the right way) brings them to life in a circuit which forms the basis of every piece of electronic equipment. A look at switches   Fun with variable resistors   Different types of capacitors   Make your own capacitor with stuff from the kitchen   An introduction to variable capacitors   Fun with neon lamps   Back to basics with flashing LEDs   A 'reverse avalanche mode' transistor LED flasher   CMOS IC single letter Morse generator   Light dependent resistors   Uses for piezo transducers from old smoke alarms   Try a piezo transducer on your crystal set   Amateur uses for some cheap crystals and oscillator modules   Testing quartz crystals with an HF receiver   Pet shop pill gun variable inductor   Make a sliding variable inductor   Winding toroids   Prefer to read? A more in-depth treatment of what the common components do is here. I also recommend articles on the Talking Electronics website.   Disclosure: I receive a small commission from items purchased through links on this site. Items were chosen for likely usefulness and a satisfaction rating of 4/5 or better.

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