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How a dimmer works PUBLIC

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Created July 24, 2014
Last modified July 24, 2014
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Have you ever wondered how a light dimmer worked?

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This is a simulator-working dimmer written to demonstrate how a simple light dimmer actually works. It's pretty neat little SCR trick.

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