How a transistor works on HackerTube: recommended by 4 Hacker News commenters across 4 separate months, 2020–2023.
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Ben Eater gives a detailed look at how an NPN bipolar junction transistor works and what it does. It is an eleven-minute explanation aimed at building real understanding of the device.
HN commenters prefer it over other transistor explanations as an enlightening starting point that leads into building logic gates and a CPU.
“I found Ben Eater's videos on how semiconductors work and how transistors work interesting and enlightening.”
4 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
Aside from his basic 8-bit CPU, Ben Eater goes into how transistors work too: ▶ this video . Once you've got transistors, his videos walk you through making gates. Once you've got gates, he switches to the 74xx series and builds a CPU.
in “From Nand to Tetris (2017)” · View on HN
As someone who is not an electrical engineer, I found Ben Eater's videos on how semiconductors work and how transistors work interesting and enlightening. How semiconductors work: [link] How a transistor works: ▶ this video
in “How do transistors work, anyway?” · View on HN
This is a good explanation, but I prefer the one by Ben Eater: How semiconductor works: [link] How a transistor works: ▶ this video
in “How Transistors Work [video]” · View on HN
Great explanation — although only a week or so ago I wouldn't have understood a lot of it. Knowing how transistors work helps a lot: ▶ this video
in “Black silicon photodetector breaks the 100% efficiency limit” · View on HN