Guyz help me,..... im a newbie

SPQR

Joined Nov 4, 2011
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Hmmmm...I think we're going to need more info.
Is it an avalanche transistor, or a regular transistor you want to drive to avalanche?
Do you want to look up the voltage and current characteristics on a datasheet and then apply them to the transistor via the Arduino?

Tell us exactly what you'd like to do.
 

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rcapolinaria

Joined Jan 16, 2013
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Hmmmm...I think we're going to need more info.
Is it an avalanche transistor, or a regular transistor you want to drive to avalanche?
Do you want to look up the voltage and current characteristics on a datasheet and then apply them to the transistor via the Arduino?

Tell us exactly what you'd like to do.

just a regular transistor....is it possible to test for its avalanche voltage without damaging the device....? because i wanted to create a BJT tester that will measure avalanche voltage so even without a datasheet....the user is aware of the maximum supply that a certain BJT device can handle.
 

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rcapolinaria

Joined Jan 16, 2013
3
Increase the voltage until it avalanches?
the microcontroller is only capable of reading voltage up to 5 volts..so if i'm going to increase the voltage until it avalanche, the voltage might be higher than 5 volts which will possibly damage my microcontroller.....is there any way to convert the actual voltage to fall between 0-5 volts to suit for the microcontroller input requirement? if there is...how to recover the actual voltage for the result display.....
 
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