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a beginner's question /may be too easy :)
hi
i recently started learnning electronics from several books and tutorials online
i ran into this circuit on madlab.org website:
i have two things troubling me in this circuit that i havnt figured out
1. why does it say that the capacitor (C1) is charged through the resistor (R1)
when there is a diode there. how does the capacitor charge ?
doesn't current must flow through it in order for it to begin charging?
2. why don't the diodes turn on and off both at the same time,
and if individually, what decides which one turns on first?
i hope someone can make things clearer for me
thank you
here is the original circuit page with an explanation :
http://www.madlab.org/kits/lights.html"
hi
i recently started learnning electronics from several books and tutorials online
i ran into this circuit on madlab.org website:
i have two things troubling me in this circuit that i havnt figured out
1. why does it say that the capacitor (C1) is charged through the resistor (R1)
when there is a diode there. how does the capacitor charge ?
doesn't current must flow through it in order for it to begin charging?
2. why don't the diodes turn on and off both at the same time,
and if individually, what decides which one turns on first?
i hope someone can make things clearer for me
thank you
here is the original circuit page with an explanation :
http://www.madlab.org/kits/lights.html"
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