THE VIDEO SHELF · diy semiconductor fabrication

Homemade Transistor Demonstration

Jeri Ellsworth demonstrates a PMOS transistor she fabricated herself in a home chip lab. She shows some of its electrical characteristics.

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HN likes Ellsworth as a hardware tinkerer, and cites the video as proof that transistors can be made with low-tech, DIY fabrication.

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This channel might be of interest to you: [VIDEO] One of my favorite channels as she's done many projects I've had interest in.
gravypod on Hacker News · 2016-08
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Jeri Ellsworth, for people who don't know, does really interesting hardware stuff. "TSA body imaging at home" ( [LINK] ) "Home made EL wire" ( [LINK] ) "Recording Audio onto floppy discs" ( [LINK] ) "Home made transistor" ( [VIDEO] ) "Homebrew NMOS transistor" ( …
DanBC on Hacker News · 2013-07
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