Don't forget the LED as an low-noise zener diode with integrated function
control. Some high-fidelity enthusiasts use this in good audio amplifiers.

- Henry

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Henry Kiefer wrote:
Hi all -

After my first thread going from "standard" cheap parts for up to vhf
frequency to a discussion about the usefulness of Spice simulator......
I
try it another time hopefully get attention of frustrated co-readers:

For example the rechtifier diode 1N4007 can be used as a rf switching
diode,
for example as rx/tx-switch. This is because it is a pin structure
diode.
This type is cheap and you can get it almost everywhere. It shows good
performance for the price. Surely for high-end you should do it with
another
type tuned to the application it is made for. But anyway it works in
some
circuits.

Do you know of other interesting devices or circuits good for misuse?

Best regards -
Henry



An LED as a shunt regulator. Also, as a varicap.
Ed