MAKE presents: The Transistor

lildude2012 Says:

Aug 20, 2009 - the theme song is awesome is it a song if it is whats the name

psicodelio Says:

Aug 24, 2009 - Mis comentarios no salen!

skmax95 Says:

Aug 28, 2009 - como no? estoy viendo uno ahora amazing though

Dodexas Says:

Aug 31, 2009 - I always wanted to ask what does this dot mean in circuit diagrams when there crossing each other. if you know please reply.

gavincurtis Says:

Aug 31, 2009 - The dot indicates that the lines or wires are connected together.

Music5online Says:

Sep 7, 2009 - thnks... a lot!!!!

GreenDay3366 Says:

Sep 8, 2009 - it means that the two wires are connected at this point.

Carbon1700 Says:

Sep 13, 2009 - Very nice videos about how electronic components work!

polarbear60 Says:

Sep 15, 2009 - You are awesome!

emilen2 Says:

Sep 18, 2009 - Yes..must be related to Mike Myers? Excellent dude!

junta1993 Says:

Sep 22, 2009 - MAKE MORE PLZ YOUR AMAZING0

TuPP3 Says:

Sep 26, 2009 - I don't quite get how is current applied to base, which is only one leg? How can you apply current to one point? Doesn't it have to flow from - to +?

expert25 Says:

Sep 26, 2009 - Yes it does. A working transistor is like having 2 circuit loops. a current source to the base (eg, Battery--resistor--base--emitter--ground which completes the base circuit loop, the collector/emitter loop = Battery--collector--emitter--ground. it's probably best to google for better explanations.

fox20012 Says:

Oct 2, 2009 - 5* This video was very cool, so cool in fact that i flipped out like a ninja, but in the process i hit my head on a table and woke up a few hours later, but it was well worth it! Keep the videos coming!

jodex96 Says:

Oct 2, 2009 - Very good video like all the videos in this series. And the "eat big cookie" is great to help you remember. Actually I remember them without that thing but anyway.. =D

Gamingoodz Says:

Oct 7, 2009 - Couldnt that experiment be used as a simple lie detector? since it can kind of measure the resistance of skin?

MrHarris5406 Says:

Oct 8, 2009 - crap... i have to take electronic circuits next semester and learn about these little bastards

Technolab Says:

Oct 10, 2009 - Very good video like the video THNXS!!!

AllahSIZtayyip Says:

Oct 13, 2009 - awesome tutorial.5/5

cyrixproductions Says:

Oct 17, 2009 - Im so stupid... I allwais wondered how in the hell do we send a electrical signal through one pin! seems that we dont, we connect the collector to negative and base to possitive, but still, is it possible to send an electronic signal through one piece of wire?

rebbole Says:

Oct 22, 2009 - got a great idea! turn down the music...

Mooohrhuhn Says:

Oct 26, 2009 - now i checked how does ist work. but this experiment with the green led i didn#t. maybe, because i doesn#t speak englisch very well and i#m from germany, what else, it's a realy great video

sxtraildanny Says:

Nov 4, 2009 - Great video! Got a test in basic electronics tomorrow. Helped a lot! 5 stars!

geligapictures Says:

Nov 9, 2009 - lol.. even on a big cookie!

Byza01 Says:

Nov 14, 2009 - ... or something similar, Eat Big Co??