Capacitance switched light


Posted on Dec 26, 2012

The battery powered light turns on easily, stays on for just a few seconds, and then turns off again. The circuit is triggered when you place a finger across the gap between two strips of metal, about l/16th inch apart. Enough current will flow through your finger to trigger the SCR after being amplified by the 2N3906. Once the SCR is fired, current will flow through the bulb until its internal bimetal switch turns it off


Capacitance switched light
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Once that happens, the SCR will return to its nonconducting state.




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