> In other words, the DigiKey page fails to answer the question: How do transistors work, anyway? No, it is to first familiarize What is a transistor anyway?.

> In other words, the DigiKey page fails to answer the question: How do transistors work, anyway? No, it is to first familiarize What is a transistor anyway?. If I had to teach Complex Analysis, I would start with a calculus refresher. Or if I had to teach Deep learning, I would probably first explain what's a neural network. My recommendation followed a structure. You could even swap out Digikey product description pages for Wikipedia, I couldn't care any less if it just has to introduce what not how. But when it comes to teaching "how the stuff works", anything less than showing biases, polarities & charge flow is a handwave. I am not making arguments for the sake of arguments - if anyone thinks they got it without touching those, they are tricking themselves in.