Lecture Series on Basic Electronics by Dr.Chitralekha Mahanta, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering ,IIT Guwahati. For more details on NPTEL visit
All what you'll need is a source of warmth (f.e. sunlight), chilling surface (f.e. soil) and Peltier's module (Peltier) Must see it and try yourself...
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Demonstration on how the voltage from a single thermoelectric module can be stepped up. Want to learn more?
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