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Making logic gates from transistors

Ben Eater

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Ben Eater builds basic logic gates from transistors, resistors and LEDs on a breadboard; beginners often follow it, then ask how the XOR circuit works.

Watch for: the XOR gate build

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Here is a video that goes over how various logic gates using npn BJT transistor work.

Samuel Snerden on electronics.stackexchange.com, Aug 2020. CC BY-SA.

There's another video on his channel that takes it a step further: how to build logic gates from transistors (going by the title; I haven't watched it yet):

Dave the Sax on electronics.stackexchange.com, Jan 2020. CC BY-SA.

In his video Making logic gates from transistors Ben Eater draws a following scheme

Artiom Rombakh on electronics.stackexchange.com, Oct 2019. CC BY-SA.

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