Boost Converters - DC to DC Step Up Voltage Circuits

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  • čas přidán 30. 11. 2019
  • This electronics video tutorial provides a basic introduction into boost converters - circuits that can step up the voltage of DC sources such as batteries and solar cells. The electronic components needed are an inductor, a switch, a capacitor, a voltmeter, and a diode.
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Komentáře • 131

  • @TheOrganicChemistryTutor
    @TheOrganicChemistryTutor  Před 4 měsíci +1

    Final Exams and Video Playlists: www.video-tutor.net/

  • @marthareddy9554
    @marthareddy9554 Před 2 lety +31

    How come Organic Chemistry tutor explains so well the electronic circuits? Kudos 🙏🙏🙏

  • @marthareddy9554
    @marthareddy9554 Před 2 lety +2

    Excellent teacher and educator. When he mentions that there is no free lunch, he wanted to educate the conservation of energy, very rarely others may have touched upon. 🙏🙏

  • @tahoon2009
    @tahoon2009 Před 10 měsíci +1

    smooth and clear explanation of the heart of how it works, without stuffing equation, exactly what one needs to understand , all the best

  • @ADARSHSINGH-iq3lu
    @ADARSHSINGH-iq3lu Před 3 lety +8

    The way of explaination is the best in youtube
    I generally didn't get english accent
    But you explain really well

  • @AdithyanKNair
    @AdithyanKNair Před 2 lety +4

    Such an amazing explanation - I needed a refresher and this was perfect! Thank you

  • @chrisemmert1387
    @chrisemmert1387 Před 3 lety +3

    Best explanation of this type of circuit I have seen.

  • @anonymo5792
    @anonymo5792 Před 3 lety +4

    best explanation on CZcams, thank you!!

  • @Zeioth
    @Zeioth Před 2 lety

    Best explanation on the internet. Thank you so much.

  • @dinosaur0073
    @dinosaur0073 Před 4 lety +4

    You know how to make things soooo easy for others to understand...👍☺

  • @sammthedurian8883
    @sammthedurian8883 Před 3 lety +2

    Great video, looking forward for an math example of the boost converter calculation. Thanks!

  • @naamaratsabi1578
    @naamaratsabi1578 Před 2 lety

    I wish u were my teacher.. none of my proffesors explained material in such a simple, clear and gentle way!

  • @pongmawmaw4045
    @pongmawmaw4045 Před 3 lety +1

    Great VDO, Easy to understand.

  • @PunmasterSTP
    @PunmasterSTP Před 2 lety +1

    DC to DC? More like "thank you for helping me!" These videos are amazing; keep 'em coming!

  • @Flmask-xh7lb
    @Flmask-xh7lb Před 2 lety

    good video!Explain clearly than anyone!thx

  • @darthvader3177
    @darthvader3177 Před rokem

    Very well explained,thanks a lot

  • @CAJO008
    @CAJO008 Před 3 lety +3

    Thank you, I don't know if I learned more about eletronics how to teach, or how to communicate

  • @hillaryaura7244
    @hillaryaura7244 Před 2 lety

    Nycc,i think of coming up with a website where my clients will be able to see these tutorials,my views will be of benefit to you,thats what i can attribute to your hard work.thanks again 👍👍👌

  • @rd-tk6js
    @rd-tk6js Před 4 lety +2

    Well explained !

  • @eirdofkoda
    @eirdofkoda Před 2 lety +1

    You are amazing. Thank you!

  • @aymanehar4386
    @aymanehar4386 Před rokem

    thanks a lot, I was looking for this video for more than a week.

  • @unwanaibanga4297
    @unwanaibanga4297 Před 2 lety

    I love your videos, so simple, short and easy to understand. Please can you make a video on DC to AC converters?

  • @AlexsandroRNeto
    @AlexsandroRNeto Před 2 lety

    Excepcional vídeo... thank you for sharing knowledge 👍

  • @creamy9626
    @creamy9626 Před 3 lety +7

    thank you so much, just by saying that the interruptor is there for shorting the circuit i finally understood this

    • @slasher1166
      @slasher1166 Před 3 lety +2

      This was a key piece for me as well. We're just charging a battery then sticking it in series with the source.

  • @aichamoulay2286
    @aichamoulay2286 Před 3 lety

    Thanks , It's very helpful

  • @InnovativeSustainableSolutions

    The best explanation of how these converters work that I have seen. I'm trying to build a 40v to 400v DC-DC converter for charging an EV from vehicle mounted solar. Thank you, you have a new subscriber

    • @lucasbachmann3628
      @lucasbachmann3628 Před rokem +1

      Damn thats a pretty intense thing to try to build on your own if your not very familiar with electronics! how did it turn out?

    • @kingarthurthe5th
      @kingarthurthe5th Před rokem +2

      Did you end up making the circuit? if yes, how did it turn out?

    • @brightonsikarskie8372
      @brightonsikarskie8372 Před 5 měsíci +2

      He died :(

  • @kabandajamilu9036
    @kabandajamilu9036 Před 3 lety +2

    So nice and great

  • @ahmetveyseldemir3999
    @ahmetveyseldemir3999 Před 2 lety

    so good explanation

  • @moussafiradil1700
    @moussafiradil1700 Před 3 lety +1

    THANK YOU VERRY MUCH !!!!

  • @patriotseventeen4295
    @patriotseventeen4295 Před rokem

    Excellent video.

  • @manuk2803
    @manuk2803 Před 3 lety +1

    You are the best!!!!! 😭😭😭😭

  • @life4funnnn
    @life4funnnn Před rokem

    great job

  • @uditsaxena3844
    @uditsaxena3844 Před 3 lety

    thanks sir u are a legend

  • @hasanemon859
    @hasanemon859 Před 6 měsíci

    Very very helpful

  • @maulanawahyudi7127
    @maulanawahyudi7127 Před 3 lety

    Thank you very much, easy to understand . Btw , is it still needed feedback to switch ? What's happen when there is no feedback ? Thankyou because i want make hardware from boost converter

  • @batoolalhashemi1167
    @batoolalhashemi1167 Před rokem

    Thank you

  • @Saqib_mir
    @Saqib_mir Před 2 lety

    New sub added😊 great explanation

  • @joseluismonteiro891
    @joseluismonteiro891 Před 2 lety

    amazing MAN!

  • @deusexmachina3496
    @deusexmachina3496 Před 2 lety

    oh man, how helpful that was

  • @kabandajamir9844
    @kabandajamir9844 Před rokem

    So nice

  • @abdelazeemhassan3701
    @abdelazeemhassan3701 Před rokem

    Amazing

  • @aerowenn433
    @aerowenn433 Před rokem +30

    One correction to note: The output current is reduced because of P = IV where P must be equal or less than the input power, not because some is lost to switching. The loss to switching is what causes a reduction in efficiency of the boost converter. Some of the best modern boost circuits run at about 95% efficiency.

    • @terrordoszucas7219
      @terrordoszucas7219 Před rokem +5

      You didn’t say anything new. 😕

    • @yasyasmarangoz3577
      @yasyasmarangoz3577 Před 9 měsíci

      So where is the current?

    • @fiddlyphuk6414
      @fiddlyphuk6414 Před 7 měsíci

      @@yasyasmarangoz3577 It gets exchanged for the higher voltage per P=IV

    • @d614gakadoug9
      @d614gakadoug9 Před 7 měsíci +1

      The maker of this video didn't have a really firm grasp on the fundamental concepts. I've seen much worse, but he still makes some misleading statements. I simply can't make sense of what he is trying to say at a couple of points.
      I got around 95% efficiency or better across the input voltage range for a universal input active power factor correction stage that was delivering around 1.2 kW, and that was in a design I did nearly two decades ago. FETs have improved quite a bit since then.
      Although other topologies are possible, active PFC is usually implemented with a boost converter with the interesting requirement that the instantaneous input current be directly proportional to the instantaneous input voltage (as you want for good power factor) but the average input current must inversely proportional to the average input voltage (because of the negative input resistance characteristic of a switchmode converter).

  • @lijojoseph2514
    @lijojoseph2514 Před 4 měsíci

    Very good

  • @mghem2012
    @mghem2012 Před 8 měsíci

    Thanks

  • @user-wy7ye2zx3y
    @user-wy7ye2zx3y Před rokem

    Great 👏👏

  • @GOLD33N13
    @GOLD33N13 Před 3 lety

    amazing

  • @amk1108
    @amk1108 Před 4 lety +1

    Great video!

  • @nodriveasusephotos8019

    Would there still be an increased voltage output without the transistor? Perhaps using the most powerful inductor and highest useful frequency. Thanks Alan

  • @ChrisDIYerOklahoma
    @ChrisDIYerOklahoma Před rokem

    Great video. I use those sealed marine grade 12v to 36v (5a) step up boosters to convert 12v battery power to power Bluetooth digital chip amplifiers in my speaker builds. They work flawlessly. Here's my question, why do my amplifiers (running at 36v) sound better (more power, fidelity) vs using their stock (included) AC/DC adapters that come with these little digital chip amplifiers? I don't have an audio dyno or distortion tester...but, I can "hear" and "see" the difference when the woofers on my speakers are pounding harder. Thanks.

    • @d614gakadoug9
      @d614gakadoug9 Před 9 měsíci

      My guess is that the larger power supplies are better able to handle the high and relatively long transient current required for loud parts. The voltage of the small supplies probably "droops" under heavy load because they are overloaded. When the supply voltage drops the audio amplifier tires to correct but it may not be able to, resulting in "clipped" waveforms. It MIGHT be possible to make them sound better by adding capacitance across the output of the supply for better transient handling, but that does nothing for prolonged excessive current demand.
      It would be quite easy to confirm or reject my hypothesis with an oscilloscope.

  • @Cdswjp
    @Cdswjp Před 5 měsíci

    How is it determined how much energy flows to the capacitor & voltmeter ?
    Thx
    Great videos

  • @madhub2654
    @madhub2654 Před 3 lety

    How the circuit will work/functional? and How the voltage and current waveforms at the output?, If we keep the load as a inductor or capacitor instead of resistor?. Please could you answer my question?.

  • @bunsovannra8068
    @bunsovannra8068 Před 4 lety

    Hello teacher can you tell me what the programs that you use to draw your thumnails.

  • @svem1972
    @svem1972 Před 3 lety +1

    Sir, i have used MT3608 step up booster and connected with 5v Lithium Battery with rated of 3000mah and set constant output as 12v, however when i connect to any dc device like wifi router, settop box or dc mother 555, automatically the output from 12v its drops to 4v, Not able to understand. Could you please give some insight in what sceniaro could lead into such issue.

  • @ahmedkchok4382
    @ahmedkchok4382 Před 3 lety

    it is possible to create a self current generating circuit using this?

  • @d614gakadoug9
    @d614gakadoug9 Před 9 měsíci

    A boost converter without a load can produce an arbitrarily high voltage regardless of the switching frequency or the inductance. In practical circuits there is a limit because of of losses, primarily those due to switching transitions that are finite. Of course eventually something would go _Bang!_ due to excessive voltage stress.
    At the instant the switch opens, the current through the inductor is *exactly* the same as it was the instant before the switch was opened. This is the most fundamental aspect of the nature of an inductor in this sort of circuit (where you are considering energy storage and delivery as opposed to considering it in terms of impedance in an AC circuit). The voltage across the inductor will rise to whatever voltage is required to allow that current to flow. At opening on the very first cycle that voltage will be equal to the diode forward voltage if there is no load on the circuit because the capacitor voltage will be equal to the battery voltage, having charged before the switch was closed (provided there was sufficient time after the input power was connected before the first cycle began). With each additional cycle the voltage on the capacitor will increase, hence the voltage across the inductor will increase. Again, unless there is a load connected and ignoring losses, there is no limit to the voltage to which the capacitor will charge regardless of the inductance, duty cycle or switching frequency.
    Vdt = Ldi or the alternative arrangements says that in equilibrium with a load the rise and fall of current in the inductor is linear ramps. If the inductor is not allowed to fully discharge with each cycle, these ramps "ride" on a DC level.

  • @intheshell35ify
    @intheshell35ify Před rokem

    This guy is responsible for a 1/2 point increase in my gpa.

  • @vinzentkassl9466
    @vinzentkassl9466 Před 5 měsíci

    Is it possible to increase the voltage from 12V to 350V in this way?

  • @nagarajnagaraj801
    @nagarajnagaraj801 Před 4 lety +1

    I want more explanation about converters could you please help me

  • @bluekindasustho3370
    @bluekindasustho3370 Před 4 lety

    Can we increase the amps?

  • @SureshKumar-nk2ok
    @SureshKumar-nk2ok Před 2 lety

    Sir I need just 0.3 v more out of 2 volts input and 2.3 v output how to do it

  • @gorilladisco9108
    @gorilladisco9108 Před 2 lety

    So, the switch has to be closed then opened again?
    Do we have to close-open-close-open continuously, or do we just do it once?
    *I don't have electronics knowledge 😶

    • @gorilladisco9108
      @gorilladisco9108 Před 2 lety

      @@computifyguy Thank you.
      So, the result is not a flat voltage, but more like a wave? Or is it the current that is going up and down?
      How can I get that PWM?

  • @dramatalk7657
    @dramatalk7657 Před 3 lety +1

    1:52 why it is small current? even switch off whole current will flow through inductor L?
    please reply

    • @henryfordson4787
      @henryfordson4787 Před 2 lety +1

      This video has a bunch of problems. The output voltage may have nothing to do with the inductance or di/dt as long as the inductor current is continuous. Your point is also correct, the current should not suddenly change from large to small.

    • @medghozlani479
      @medghozlani479 Před 2 lety

      @@henryfordson4787 the current should change to small of course because the energy should be the same, this is a logical physic phenomenon. but the wrong thing I saw in this video that the increase of voltage is depend on the frequency and this is not right. i think it's dependent on the rise time of changing of the state from high to low and low to high.

    • @d614gakadoug9
      @d614gakadoug9 Před 9 měsíci

      With no load connected the current through the inductor would decay to zero once the output capacitor was charged, before any switching started. However, if there were a load connected the current, again before switching started, would be equal to the (input supply voltage minus the diode forward voltage) divided by (the inductor winding resistance plus the load resistance). You cannot protect a boost converter against short circuiting of the output without additional circuitry.

  • @emeliatindugan8557
    @emeliatindugan8557 Před 4 lety

    👍🏻

  • @warunakumara7671
    @warunakumara7671 Před 2 lety

    sir iam a student in srilanka , sir thank you for the video , sir i want to know that when out put voltage increase how does it reduce the current , when we take ohms law voltage is equal to current doesnt it happen in here sir

    • @d614gakadoug9
      @d614gakadoug9 Před 9 měsíci +1

      In general terms, switchmode converters are power converters - the power from the output is equal to the power at the input, ignoring the losses (things like resistance of the inductor winding, losses in the core of the inductor, loss at each transition of the switch, diode forward voltage, etc.).
      Because of this, a switchmode power supply actually has a "negative resistance" input characteristic. That doesn't mean it actually behaves like some true resistance of negative magnitude, but that the slope of current versus voltage at the input is opposite what it would be for a resistor if you were to make a graph. It a normal resistor if you increase the voltage across the resistor the current through it will increase in direct proportion. With a negative resistance, if you increase in voltage the current decreases in proportion. For example with a switcher, if the input had 10 volts applied and the current were 4 amperes (so 40 watts) and you increase the input voltage to 15 volts, the input power remain the same and the input current would become 40 watts / 15 volts = 2.67 amperes. In practical circuits the relationship won't be perfect because the losses in the circuit change in non-proportional ways with varying voltage and current. Maximum efficiency might come at some particular input voltage with lower efficiency for both lower and higher voltage.

  • @robanada3573
    @robanada3573 Před 2 lety +2

    Nice explanation on boost converters, thanks for making this video. I was confused about one part, though--at 7:38, you say that increasing the frequency applied to the mosfet gate will increase the dI/dt and hence V across L. I was thinking about how all of the (various few) buck/boost converter designs I've seen use PWM control, and not FM control. Wouldn't dI/dt depend on the rise time of the MOSFET rather than the switching frequency? Seems like a square wave would give you the minimum rise time and hence maximum dI/dt.

    • @d614gakadoug9
      @d614gakadoug9 Před 9 měsíci

      I didn't really follow what he was trying to get at. It seemed rather muddled.11
      Increasing the frequency, all other things being equal, actually decreases di/dt in the inductor. The rate of change of current in an inductor is proportional to the voltage across it. If the input voltage, output voltage and duty cycle all remain constant, increasing the frequency results in dt being smaller in each cycle thus di is proportionally smaller. If you want to increase di under those conditions you must make the inductance smaller.
      EDIT TO CLARIFY: di/dt as such does not imply any fixed time, and in fact the opposite - a way of expressing what happens with infinitesimal change in time. It really isn't correct to use di/dt for some fixed amount of time - that would be expressed as Di/Dt where the capital D really should be a capital Greek delta (a triangle Δ; the d in di/dt really should be a small Greek delta δ thus Δi/Δt rather than δi/δt - characters may not render properly). If delta t is shortened, delta i will be reduced in proportion for the same voltage applied across the inductor.
      You can do a boost converter with FM though it isn't common in general purpose circuits. It can increase efficiency a bit at light loads because you have fewer switching cycles per unit of time with more or less fixed loss each cycle. Variable frequency operation is moderately common with active power factor correction circuits.Most active PFC circuits are boost converters with the interesting property that average input current must be inversely proportional to average input voltage but instantaneous input current must be directly proportional to instantaneous input current.

    • @fiddlyphuk6414
      @fiddlyphuk6414 Před 7 měsíci

      A decrease in frequency will allow more time for the capacitor to discharge through the load thus bringing its average voltage down.

    • @d614gakadoug9
      @d614gakadoug9 Před 7 měsíci

      @@fiddlyphuk6414
      A decrease in frequency with no change in duty cycle will allow greater ripple voltage on the capacitor but the average voltage will remain the same unless the capacitor is allowed to fully discharge each cycle. No one with the slightest clue about how to design a switching regulator would do that.

    • @fiddlyphuk6414
      @fiddlyphuk6414 Před 7 měsíci

      @@d614gakadoug9 The greater the ripple voltage the lower the average DC voltage across the load will be. It's the same way in linear power supplies. The original question regarded how frequency alone can affect the output voltage as stated by robanada. An increase in frequency alone will increase the voltage but, in reality, only up to a point depending on the size of the inductor. For that reason PWM makes for far better control of the output voltage.

    • @d614gakadoug9
      @d614gakadoug9 Před 7 měsíci

      @@fiddlyphuk6414
      No. Greater ripple voltage does not imply lower average voltage. It simply means that there is a greater difference between the minimum, average and peak voltages. A triangle wave swinging between 1 volts and 9 volts has exactly the same average voltage as one swinging between 4.5 volts and 5.5 volts
      but 8 volts peak-to-peak ripple versus 1 volt peak to peak ripple.
      It is not at all the same as in linear supplies because a linear supply uses capacitors to "filter" what is a not-very-good VOLTAGE source while in a switcher the capacitors filter a CURRENT source. An ideal voltage source has zero impedance. An ideal current source has infinite impedance.
      The voltage in a buck or boost converter is dependent ONlY on the duty cycle if the input voltage is fixed and the inductor current is continuous.
      for a buck converter
      Vout = Vin x duty cycle
      for a boost converter
      Vout = Vin / (1 - duty cycle)
      Again, frequency simply does not appear in the expressions.
      ONLY ONLY ONLY if a change in frequency results in the inductor current changing from discontinuous to continuous does a change in frequency change the output voltage.

  • @frankbaron1608
    @frankbaron1608 Před rokem

    simle but effective. you need a hi tolerent diode though

    • @d614gakadoug9
      @d614gakadoug9 Před 9 měsíci

      I don't know what you mean by "a hi tolerant diode." The voltage rating needs to be no higher than the output voltage of the circuit. The current rating needs to be no higher than the input current of the circuit (it will see instantaneous current higher than the average input current, but that rarely is much of a concern). Fast reverse recovery time (the time it takes the diode to switch off when the reverse bias is applied) is important in practical boost converter circuits. Schottky diodes are often used if their voltage rating is adequate.Their forward voltage is lower than that of a similarly-rated PN junction diode and they are extremely fast (very low reverse recovery time).

    • @frankbaron1608
      @frankbaron1608 Před 9 měsíci

      you should always have wiggle room or a slight spike blows the thing. @@d614gakadoug9

  • @SSCREATION2000
    @SSCREATION2000 Před 7 měsíci

    😊😊

  • @nestlereypahayahay9492

    What happen when input power is higher than the output power?

  • @aselim20.
    @aselim20. Před rokem

    I watched it.

  • @schnullertroll4173
    @schnullertroll4173 Před rokem

    Your other videos are far better

  • @saintapoc4031
    @saintapoc4031 Před 2 lety

    instead of a motor I am going to try using a computer fan so that I can simultaneously cool the circuit :P

  • @medghozlani479
    @medghozlani479 Před 2 lety +1

    I think the current will be increased due to the charge accumulated In the output capacitor and the inductor current, not as you have explained because no way to add the current of the inductor and the input source when the switch is off ( circuit ON)

  • @georgettebeulah4427
    @georgettebeulah4427 Před 4 lety

    Hello video

  • @jason0joon
    @jason0joon Před 3 měsíci

    The frequency does NOT change the output voltage. It is a function of the duty cycle and NOT the frequency

  • @omar_55
    @omar_55 Před měsícem

    aaaah tu eres bueno eh

  • @daniie9643
    @daniie9643 Před 3 lety

    can you replace the inductor with a capacitor?

    • @d614gakadoug9
      @d614gakadoug9 Před 9 měsíci

      No.
      There are ways to do limited voltage boosting (typically nominally doubling) with just capacitors in a "charge pump" circuit, but the switching is more elaborate and such circuits are typically only useful at currents of no more than a few tens of milliamperes.
      With actual AC input you can do voltage multiplication with diodes and capacitors.

  • @henryfordson4787
    @henryfordson4787 Před 2 lety +1

    This video has a bunch of problems. The output voltage may have nothing to do with the inductance or di/dt as long as the inductor current is continuous.

  • @ayadali9112
    @ayadali9112 Před 4 lety

    First!

    • @emeliatindugan8557
      @emeliatindugan8557 Před 4 lety

      It was me I was 13 seconds early or it might be a glitch or something

  • @thabangnkopane4626
    @thabangnkopane4626 Před 3 lety

    Just double the speed and he speaks normally

  • @learningpower9437
    @learningpower9437 Před rokem

    Very good explanation...and here is the actual result ...czcams.com/video/XHfp97ZlrnQ/video.html .I was able to get from 12 to 50 volts DC with an efficiency between 70 to 94 %. Thanks for the video.

    • @yasyasmarangoz3577
      @yasyasmarangoz3577 Před 9 měsíci

      How is the current drop?

    • @learningpower9437
      @learningpower9437 Před 9 měsíci

      @@yasyasmarangoz3577 At 19:38...in the video there is a table that shows the output current at 4.55 Amps for 103 watts from an input of 119 watts. Cheers!!!

    • @yasyasmarangoz3577
      @yasyasmarangoz3577 Před 9 měsíci

      @@learningpower9437 Thanks alot

  • @mrcleanatemywife7045
    @mrcleanatemywife7045 Před 9 měsíci

    Please use electron flow. Conventional flow sucks in every possible way.

    • @d614gakadoug9
      @d614gakadoug9 Před 9 měsíci

      Get used to conventional current. It is universally used and isn't going to go away any time soon.

    • @mrcleanatemywife7045
      @mrcleanatemywife7045 Před 9 měsíci

      @d614gakadoug9 it just seems like something that should be fixed. I see both used about 50/50, it makes it confusing as hell to read schematics in one when you use the other, and conventional is literally just incorrect.

    • @d614gakadoug9
      @d614gakadoug9 Před 9 měsíci

      @@mrcleanatemywife7045
      Yes, I can see it being confusing if someone is actively explaining something and hasn't said at the outset whether they are talking about electron current or conventional current. Usually it is pretty obvious which as long as there is a voltage or current source with polarity marked in the circuit. In the best explanations I've seen in videos the presenter will explain both.
      I've seen a video where animations were used. Many people commented on how great they thought the animations were. I thought they were absolutely terrible because they created a false impression of what really happened in the circuit. Electrons were shown entering one end of a solenoid-wound coil (like you'd get if you wound wire in a single layer around a straight round rod). Slowly the electrons went around one turn and a magnetic field was shown around that turn, then the electrons continued to move from one end of the coil to the other, making magnetic fields around each turn as they went. That isn't what happens at all. If one electron enters one end of the coil other electrons throughout the entire circuit move at the same time time. If they didn't the first electron couldn't go anywhere (well it could, but in an extremely local sense). Over time the the number of electrons per unit of time increases as the magnetic field strength increases, but that is quite hard to animate in a way that's easy to follow. The way that was used was electron current, but it was completely wrong.
      I haven't watched many electronics videos. I've just been doing it to see how well done they are. They are highly variable. Some are horrible for teaching what they are intended to teach and the presenter gets a lot of things wrong. Some are very good. For most, most of the commenters will say how great the video is, even when it isn't. THIS video has a number of errors and/or poor explanations and only two or three people have noticed them. Of course those commenters are people who already know the material, not those trying to learn it for the first time.

    • @d614gakadoug9
      @d614gakadoug9 Před 9 měsíci

      @@mrcleanatemywife7045
      One thing I should have mentioned: The arrow in schematic symbols for semiconductors usually points in the direction of conventional current flow. There are exceptions, like zener diodes, that are operated in "reverse breakdown" where conventional current flows the opposite way - "into" the cathode and "out of" the anode.

  • @thabangnkopane4626
    @thabangnkopane4626 Před 3 lety

    Try speaking faster

  • @boonedockjourneyman7979

    Crazy idea for you. Do some videos on communication. Half for us old guys who can’t understand why students today can’t figure out how to use things like email and telephone. Half for students explaining how and why email and telephone are essential for an actual career.
    Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate your work. I am frustrated seeing my ex-students fail on their first job. It is simply insane to ask your employer to use CZcams and Instagram. I’m serious. Graduates who depended on social media their whole life are actually failing.

    • @amk1108
      @amk1108 Před 4 lety

      boomer if I saw one