From Avalanche to Zener, we have diodes for you today! Learn how diodes work and how to use them in your circuits. Laser Diodes included! Article with code: https://dronebotworkshop.com/diodes More articles and tutorials: https://dronebotworkshop.com/ Join the conversation on the forum: https://forum.dronebotworkshop.com/ Subscribe to the newsletter and stay in touch: https://dronebotworkshop.com/subscribe/ Diodes have been around for a very long time. They were the first tube devices and the first semiconductors, and today, there are many different types of diodes for many applications. We’ll look at several types of diodes today. We’ll see how they are used and perform a few experiments with them. Not only that, but we will also take out a few Laser diodes and play around with them. Here is a list of the diodes we will be learning about: Rectifier diodes Switching Diodes SCRs (Silicon Controller Rectifiers) TRIACs DIACs and SIDACs Zener Diodes Avalanche Diodes Tunnel Diodes (Esaki Diodes) Varactor Diodes (Varicap Diodes) Schottky Diodes PIN Diodes Shockley Diodes Photodiodes LASCRs Opto-TRIACs LEDs Laser Diodes That's a lot of diodes, and each one is unique! Here is the Table of Contents for today's video: 00:00 - Introduction 01:30 - Understanding Diodes 07:31 - Bridge Rectifier 08:50 - Bridge Rectifier Filter Experiment 11:58 - SCRs - TRIACs - DIACs 14:57 - SCR Latching Experiment 17:27 - Zener Diodes 19:05 - Zener "Voltmeter" Experiment 23:53 - Exotic Diodes 28:35 - Producing & Detecting Light with Diodes 33:27 - LASER Diode Experiments 38:11 - Conclusion Hope you enjoy the video! Bill