UTMonkey
Member
Dear All,
Went to my local electronics shop today to purchase some transistors, the shop keeper asked what type. I shrugged my shoulders and said the only thing I knew, "some NPN ones.."
At that point my cover was blown, the guy looked at me a bit strange and immediately knew i was a complete novice.
Anyway, I am now the proud owner of half a dozen BC182 NPN transistors.
I have looked up the datasheet for these:-
https://www.electro-tech-online.com/custompdfs/2007/10/BC182.pdf
I am now ready to tinker! before i start I could do with:-
1. Understanding what the information on the sheet means, could anyone direct me towards some information which helps me interpret this.
2. What is the critical stuff I should look for on this sheet?
3. What can I take as gospel truth from this sheet. Previous emails on these forums indicated that transistors vary from each other (despite the same number)?
Don't misunderstand me, I know enough about transistors to throw them in a circuit (and I mean throw!), but I want to make sure that I am able to design a good enough circuit with components correctly chosen.
Many thanks in advance
Mark
Went to my local electronics shop today to purchase some transistors, the shop keeper asked what type. I shrugged my shoulders and said the only thing I knew, "some NPN ones.."
At that point my cover was blown, the guy looked at me a bit strange and immediately knew i was a complete novice.
Anyway, I am now the proud owner of half a dozen BC182 NPN transistors.
I have looked up the datasheet for these:-
https://www.electro-tech-online.com/custompdfs/2007/10/BC182.pdf
I am now ready to tinker! before i start I could do with:-
1. Understanding what the information on the sheet means, could anyone direct me towards some information which helps me interpret this.
2. What is the critical stuff I should look for on this sheet?
3. What can I take as gospel truth from this sheet. Previous emails on these forums indicated that transistors vary from each other (despite the same number)?
Don't misunderstand me, I know enough about transistors to throw them in a circuit (and I mean throw!), but I want to make sure that I am able to design a good enough circuit with components correctly chosen.
Many thanks in advance
Mark