Arduino Germanium Transistor Tester

Published: 14 November 2021
on channel: DIY Guitar Pedals

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In this video, we'll demonstrate how to use an Arduino Nano, an OLED Display, and a 16-Bit ADC to tell if our Germanium Transistor is an NPN or PNP, how much leakage it has, and what the true gain of the transistor is, minus the leakage voltage.

Source code can be found on my github:
https://github.com/erik-vincent/ardui...

Arduino Nano: https://www.amazon.com/ALMOCN-Compati...
I2C SSD1306 OLED Display Module: https://www.amazon.com/ALMOCN-Module-...
I2C ADS1115 16-Bit ADC Module: https://www.amazon.com/TeOhk-Converte...

Our videos on getting the gain with a multi-meter:
• How to Measure and Transistor Leakage...
• How to measure the gain (hfe) of Germ...

R.G. Keen's documentation:
http://www.geofex.com/article_folders...

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