Advanced Micro Devices AM7969-125DC Integrated Circuit

Hey there guys, Paul here from Engineering mindset.com In this video We're going to be looking at diodes to understand the basics of how they work as well as where and why we use them so What is a diode? A diode looks something like this and it comes in different sizes. They typically have a black cylindrical body as a stripe at one end as well as some leads coming out to allow us to connect It into a circuit this end is known as the anode and this end is the cathode But we're going to see what that means later on in this video You can also get other forms such as the Zener diode or an LED which is a light emitting diode but we're not going to cover those in this video a diode allows current to flow in only one direction in a circuit if We imagine a water pipe or the swing valve installed as water flows through the pipe It will push open the swing gate and continue to flow through Howev