Tom.DeVito 1.06.11

  • Ground off the epoxy so that I can start reattaching the strain gauges.
  • After much searching, I found this site http://www.educypedia.be/electronics/composemijfet.htm.  This seems like a really good reference site for electronics.
  • I am going to read the article on FETs As Voltage Controlled Resistors and JFETs as variable resistors tonight and post what I learned here either tonight or tomorrow morning.  These have a more in depth explanation then http://graffiti.virgin.net/ljmayes.mal/comp/vcr.htm has.
  • Because I will probably need to buy a couple components to make a VCR, I am going to hold off on going to the electronics store for the speaker until i know what else I need.  I hope to know what that is tonight after reading through those articles more thoroughly.
  • Some thing to note Vds = voltage drain to source and Vgs = voltage gate to source.