Sorry for the basic question.
Basically we're learning about logic gates at university and I have a lot of electronics equipment, prototype boards, and components around the house that I collected some years back when I became interested (but not actively interested) in electronics.
Now, my idea was to build these logic gates so I can get hands on understanding.
I have some NPN transistors, but the problem I am having is understanding the collector, base and emitter.
I tried connecting the positive end of the battery to the collector, and an L.E.D on the emitter. One wire on the L.E.D to emitter, other wire to the negative on the battery. Does this sound right?
What do I put on the base? I just want to use the transistor as a switch. 0 or 1. I assume with an NPN a charge to the base is going to switch the transistor and activate the LED. This would be an AND logic gate?
Thanks for any help.
Basically we're learning about logic gates at university and I have a lot of electronics equipment, prototype boards, and components around the house that I collected some years back when I became interested (but not actively interested) in electronics.
Now, my idea was to build these logic gates so I can get hands on understanding.
I have some NPN transistors, but the problem I am having is understanding the collector, base and emitter.
I tried connecting the positive end of the battery to the collector, and an L.E.D on the emitter. One wire on the L.E.D to emitter, other wire to the negative on the battery. Does this sound right?
What do I put on the base? I just want to use the transistor as a switch. 0 or 1. I assume with an NPN a charge to the base is going to switch the transistor and activate the LED. This would be an AND logic gate?
Thanks for any help.