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LED Light Pen Schematic Circuit Diagram

Physicians and repair engineers often use small light pens for visual examination purposes. Rugged and expensive as these pens may be, their weak point is the bulb, which is a ‘serviceable’ part. In practice, that nearly always equates to ‘expensive’ and/or ‘impossible to find when you need one.

LED Light Pen Schematic Circuit Diagram

LEDs have a much longer life than bulbs and the latest ultra-bright white ones also offer higher energy-to-light conversion efficiency. On the downside, LEDs require a small electronic helper circuit called a ‘constant-current source’ to get the most out of them. Here, T1 and R1 switch on the LED. R2 acts as a current sensor with T2 shunting off (most of) T1’s base bias current when the voltage developed across R2 exceeds about 0.65 V.

The constant current through the white LED is calculated from R2 = 0.65 / ILED With some skill the complete circuit can be built such that its size is equal to an AA battery. The four button cells take the place of the other AA battery that used to be inside the light pen.

A transistor is a type of semiconductor device that can be used to both conduct and insulate electric current or voltage. A transistor basically acts as a switch and an amplifier. In simple words, we can say that a transistor is a miniature device that is used to control or regulate the flow of electronic signals. Transistors are commonly used in digital circuits as electronic switches which can be either in an “on” or “off” state, both for high-power applications such as switched-mode power supplies and for low-power applications such as logic gates.
A transistor is an electronic component that is used in circuits to either amplify or switch electrical signals or power, allowing it to be used in a wide array of electronic devices. A transistor consists of two PN diodes connected back to back. It has three terminals namely emitter, base, and collector.
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