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Electronics

Electricity: the Basics

Transistors, Relays, and Controlling High-Current Loads

Understanding DC Power Supplies

Level Shifting

Originally written on August 26, 2014 by Tom Igoe
Last modified on August 28, 2018 by David Rios

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