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Things you can do with diodes

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325 points zdw | 1 comments | 03 Nov 25 23:49 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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hshdhdhehd ◴[04 Nov 25 00:30 UTC] No.45806207[source]▶
Current/voltage chart looks a lot like a RELU.
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1. CamperBob2 ◴[04 Nov 25 04:04 UTC] No.45807310[source]▶
That's exactly why it's called a 'rectified' linear unit! It's a half-wave rectifier. The ReLU function is just what you'd see if you put an (ideal) diode on a curve tracer.