Oddities.md

List of unconventional components, and unconventional uses of standard components

Unconventional Components:

P-channel JFET
Bucket brigade device
Vactrol (LDR coupled with an LED to make a current controlled resistor)
FET analog optocoupler
Double photodiode analog optocoupler
Depetion mode MOSFET
Unbuffered CMOS logic (e.g. CD4007)
FPAA

Unconventional Uses of Components:

Quartz window EPROM as an image sensor
IGBT in the linear region
LED as photodiode or photovoltaic generator
Clamp meter as a compass
Motor as a speaker