[sdiy] makeshift 3v zener?

[René Schmitz]

Dan Snazelle schrieb:
> 
> can i make a 3v zener out of a higher voltage zener (3..9) or out of lower volt diodes?

LEDs might work instead of a zener. Green or perhaps even Blue ones. 
Maybe with some 4148s in series. Leds have a sharper knee than a string 
of diodes. (although low voltage zeners often have a soft knee anyway.)

Cheers,
  René

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