On Dec 9, 2005, at 8:09 AM, Olin Lathrop wrote:

>> the anode (pointy end of the arrow)
>
> the pointy end on the schematic is the cathode.

Arrgghh.  Ambiguity alert!  A diode symbol has a bar with a lead
at one end (this is the cathode.)  The other end has a triangle
with the other lead coming out of the base of the triangle.  that
lead is the anode.  The pointy end of the triangle touches the bar,
so it points toward the cathode, but the triangle is the anode side.

BillW
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