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    Understanding NPN

    Hi everyone and thanks for your answers. I feel like I'm starting to get it. To answer John's question: The author gives the example where the battery is at 9 V and the resistors are of equal value, such that each resistor is subtracting 3 V. Yeah that's what I thought. The author of...
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    Understanding NPN

    Hi, I am working with several different electronics books to understand the basics of NPN transistors. The only discussion that I can make sense out of is that of Delton Horn, Basic Electronics Theory, pp. 278ff. Since this book is notoriously replete with errors, I want to make sure that...
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    A Project Book for Learning Theory

    Hi, In my effort to learn electronics, I have been patiently plodding through and taking careful notes from several introductory books, such as Understanding Basic Electronics (Banzhaf), Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics by Gibilisco, and Practical Electronics for Inventors by...
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