By combining 49 of them he’s put together a soda bicarb diode steering circuit for a 7-segment display capable of showing the digits 0 to 9. He takes the idea for his diode from electrolytic ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Output devices such as motors, solenoids, bulbs, buzzers, relays, LEDs, and 7-segment displays are used in many ...

Of course, there’s nothing unusual about using 7-segment displays, especially in a clock. However, [Edison Science Corner] didn’t buy displays. Instead, he fabricated them from a PCB using ...