The lowly diode, a device with only two leads, can nonetheless do many things. Diodes can detect, rectify, suppress, emit light, detect light, change capacitance, emit microwaves and more.

The secret sauce is in component selection and tuning. Opengeiger uses the BPW34 diode because it is relatively common and has a large surface area, but also because it has a very low capacitance ...

The series is a load switch IC developed to operate within a voltage range of 1.5V-6V and provide a maximum output current of 3A. It replicates the functionality of an ideal diode and integrates key ...