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Simple Single Transistor LED Flasher Circuit

This Simple Single Transistor LED Flasher Circuit show smallest LED flasher circuit ever made.

LED blink ON and OFF again and again by using only one transistor, one resistor and one capacitor.

Just think of only one transistor and some easy parts and LED will start flashing, look nice!

This is type of circuit one would like to try.

This article talk about a very simple LED flasher circuit using only one transistor.

What is a Single Transistor LED Flasher Circuit:

This single transistor LED flasher circuit is very simple as it uses only one transistor to make LED turn ON and OFF.

Circuit is easy to build and people use it for blinking light and for shows or decoration.

Circuit Working:

Parts List:

TypeSpecificationQuantity
Resistors2.7k1
100Ω1
Capacitor100µF 25V1
SemiconductorsTransistor BC5471
LED Any type any color1

In 2006 we tried to make very small motorbike flasher but that time we found it something very interesting.

Long time ago Dick Cappels also tried a similar idea.

He followed the work of Leo Esaki who has won a Nobel Prize and made tunnel diode.

The circuit above shows it possible to build working LED flasher with only one transistor.

It looked impossible but it did work!

We do not know before but this work because transistor have special thing called negative resistance.

This is how circuit blink smart way.

We talk more about this and other cool ideas in future article.

We can change blinking speed by changing 2.7k resistor or 100µF capacitor or change both.

But remember voltage must stay over 9V or circuit will not work right.

Formulas:

Here is formula for simple one transistor LED flasher circuit:

Resistor R1 100Ω in series with LED:

This resistor stop too much current so LED does not get burn.

We have used ohms law to find good value for R1:

R1 = (Vsupply – Vf) / Iled

where:

How to Build:

To build a Simple Single Transistor LED Flasher Circuit follow the below mentioned steps:

Testing:

Note:

References:

Design and Build a Simple Analog LED Flasher Circuit

Datasheet Standard LED

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