Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Don" Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: silly circuit Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 15:51:12 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: <20260408a@crcomp.net> References: <6tltskde2lkpbo4s5g44ujar7b2tttk0k9@4ax.com> <10qnk66$1mmha$2@dont-email.me> <10qnnpj$1o87j$1@dont-email.me> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:51:13 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3d5ab3167c1ae7b83fd8b5191d1cf2d4"; logging-data="3897555"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+1J8ZeVi/5JE6REd1EHlSg" Cancel-Lock: sha1:i+cWKHw1YvIrdVVEuKI3N1ZMmG4= Xref: csiph.com sci.electronics.design:742826 piglet wrote: > To light LEDs you can probably do without ICs or even capacitors, here > is an almost-two-terminal very cheap and dirty switcher idea ... > > Thank you for sharing. The cheap LD24AJTA [1] constant current driver is powered by a ?popular? PT4115 [2] IC deployed in the style of a buck converter. Allow me to transition this topic to 120 VAC LED COB filaments. This picture shows such specimens, with the topmost powered-on and the bottommost powered-off: The protoboard's black wire connects to 120 ACV Line while its white wire connects to Neutral. My goal is to discover the silicon secrets in such a simple filament. Note: [1] [2] -- 73, Don, KB7RPU veritas _|_ liberabit | https://www.qsl.net/kb7rpu vos |