First transistor

The first transistor used two closely spaced gold contacts pressed onto the surface of a slab of high-purity germanium.

Before you can comprehend how a PCB transistor functions, you must first understand what a transistor is and what to check for when choosing one. Before you purchase a PCB transistor, you must learn how you should test one. What is a PCB Transistor? Transistors are electronic devices that regulate the flow of electrons and […]

Temperature Sensor Circuit fan control Wiring: A temperature sensor has been used to measure the temperature of the room fan control using B...

Digital technology wouldn't work without something missing at its heart. Richard Webb recounts the transistor's difficult birth

Bardeen, Shockley and Brattain

The Royal 500 was Zenith's first transistor radio being introduced in 1955. No price was listed in this ad for the radio. At $75, it was very expensive for a radio in 1955.

1966 One Transistor regenerative receiver.

The RAMAC operator could watch the disk’s operation through a glass window.

The trio credited with the milestone may not be a threesome after all. With that in mind, how accurate are the accounts regarding other famous discoveries in electronics, and ...

The Manchester University experimental transistor computer, operational in November 1953 and therefore the world's first transistor stored-program machine to work. The magnetic drum store on the left of the photograph was re-cycled from an earlier computer project.