How Semiconductor Chips Work

How Semiconductor Chips Work

Source: Fresh Date Classroom Original Author: Xiaozao Jun This article describes the birth of chips – from vacuum tubes, transistors to integrated circuits, from BJT, MOSFET to CMOS, how chips have developed and how they work. █ Vacuum Tubes (Electronic Tubes) Edison Effect In 1883, the famous inventor Thomas Edison observed a strange phenomenon during … Read more

Using ESP32 and Phyphox to Plot the I-V Characteristics of a Diode

Using ESP32 and Phyphox to Plot the I-V Characteristics of a Diode

Introduction On the third day of the Lunar New Year, we built an experimental circuit on a breadboard to “plot the I-V characteristics of a diode in the conducting state.” A programmable resistor board was used as the internal resistance of the ammeter, a potentiometer was used as a variable resistor to control the circuit, … Read more

Master Craftsman Builds a CPU by Hand

Master Craftsman Builds a CPU by Hand

To gain a deeper understanding of the CPU, the master craftsman spent a full six months to “solder point by point” and made a CPU by himself, as shown in the masterpiece below. Related articles:How does the CPU recognize the code we write? According to the master craftsman, he mainly used the following three raw … Read more