I took apart a giant projection TV and there were a bunch of these lining the screen mount. (lemmy.world)

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I feel like they probably have something to do with light level detection or infrared signal receiving but I genuinely have no idea. They could just as likely be part of the sound system for all I know.

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[-] lemming741@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

The diode is a zener- it basically clamps the voltage.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zener_diode

[-] ch00f@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, but trying to figure out what it’s for in this circuit. I suppose it could just be ESD.

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