<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body >When I decided to get into electronics, and learn the pragmatic "get it done" approach as opposed to the electrical engineering electives I was forced to take in college, I found the "robot building" series of books by David Cook really well done. I know he covered making your own h bridge motor drivers from basic discrete transitors, and how they work. I know I did the exact same thing in labs in colllege, but the presentation was so different it was enjoyable to learn.<br><br><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Grawburg via TriEmbed <triembed@triembed.org> </div><div>Date:06/15/2015 8:02 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: triembed@triembed.org </div><div>Subject: Re: [TriEmbed] Transistor as switch </div><div><br></div>The basic electronics book the student get (Make: Electronics (Learning by Discovery)) doesn't cover MOSFETs so I can't use them for this segment. However, later on this summer I have another class and will introduce them then. I do need to think of a good low-cost project that basically is a "proof-of-concept" project and not an actually a big project.<br><br>The opto-isolated relays I used for my conveyor/train humpyard are what we'll use this time. Safe and easy to set-up.<br><br>Don't know what I'd have done with the Raspberry Pi had I not found TriEmbed!<br><br><br>Brian<br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Triangle, NC Embedded Computing mailing list<br>TriEmbed@triembed.org<br>http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org<br>TriEmbed web site: http://TriEmbed.org<br></body>