Show HN: I made some transistor animations

(brandonli.net)

42 points | by stunningllama 1 day ago

4 comments

  • sva_ 0 minutes ago
    Very cool. So when you see electrons leaking into the channel, is this the effect of quantum tunneling?
  • customguy 1 hour ago
    Ohhh. I have no real knowledge of electricity or electronics, but I know transistors are very fundamental so if you squint a bit, you might say this is what we set in motion when we program, or even just use a computer! Or at least some of it. Not knowing enough to benefit from it I learned nothing, and don't regret a second of that.
  • lefra 51 minutes ago
    Thanks, I have an EE education, but I didn't really understood what charges were doing in a BJT. I can use them and apply the formulas, but I never really "grokked" them. This makes it clearer.
  • himata4113 1 hour ago
    it kind of looks unrealistic that there's so little flow, but I guess that makes sense for micro-sized transistors, larger ones that can handle several amps at high voltage should behave differently and would be a rather interesting comparison.