Practical example of Zener Diode as a Voltage Regulator | Intermediate Electronics

We did a conceptual video on zener diodes but for this video we created a practical demo using a Zener diode as a voltage regulator. Zener diodes can easily and inexpensively act as a voltage regulator, but in this practical overview we see the complications inherent in this seemingly simple setup. If you have any mathematical or conceptual questions, go check out our conceptual video and the accompanying write-ups on circuitbread.com. Check out the transcript of this practical example on the CircuitBread website - https://www.circuitbread.com/tutorial...

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Table of Contents:
0:02 Overview of other zener diode and rectifier diodes we've done and introduce this practical example
0:41 Complications of using a zener diode as a voltage regulator.
2:03 The balance of factors needed in designing the voltage regulator
3:02 Figuring out efficiency versus wide variation in loads.
6:22 How zener diode and voltage regulator design encapsulates what it means to be an engineer

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