modified 8 years ago

Interesting

01:15:46

Is this similar to a joule thief?

published 8 years ago

jason9

8 years ago

No. There is no transistor, preventing a self sustaining oscillation, and it is mostly just an assembly of inductors, resistors, and capacitors, with a couple of diodes, one of them being an LED.

kirigata

8 years ago

But the LED blinks with 1V even though it requires 2V.

BillyT

8 years ago

It is only an induced pulse, a joule thief is self a sustaining oscillator of continuing pulses, for a typical device see; http://everycircuit.com/circuit/5970248378613760

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