Homemade Transistor Demonstration
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN likes Ellsworth as a hardware tinkerer, and cites the video as proof that transistors can be made with low-tech, DIY fabrication.
What it is
Jeri Ellsworth demonstrates a PMOS transistor she fabricated herself in a home chip lab. She shows some of its electrical characteristics.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2013 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec gravypod · 2016-08 · on “Megaprocessor – A micro-processor built large”
This channel might be of interest to you: [this video] One of my favorite channels as she's done many projects I've had interest in.
Recommends DanBC · 2013-07 · on “Valve's flat management structure 'like high school'”
Jeri Ellsworth, for people who don't know, does really interesting hardware stuff. "TSA body imaging at home" ( [LINK] ) "Home made EL wire" ( [LINK] ) "Recording Audio onto floppy discs" ( [LINK] ) "Home made transistor" ( [this video] ) "Homebrew NMOS transistor" ( [LINK] )
Cites justaaron · 2019-05 · on “Ask HN: Do you think technology progress will flatten out 100 years from now”
up to the point that we see actual infrastructural collapse. I mean, I've seen Jeri Elsworth bake her own transistors in the oven and stuff (each one being about the size of your hand) but somehow I can't picture a chip fab based upon such transistors... call me old fashioned. [this video]
Cites userbinator · 2021-11 · on “How to make a CPU – a simple picture-based explanation”
Jeri Ellsworth has gone "deeper" into the process and made a few transistors, although at a much larger scale: [LINK] [this video]