In this post I have explained a simple 20 watt fluorescent ballast circuit using a single chip FAN7711 from Fairchild semiconductor. The proposed mains 220V operated, 20 watt fluorescent ballast circuit is built around an LCC resonant tank and a half-bridge network. Implementing Zero Voltage Switching The main features and operations may be understood with […]
Lamps and Lights
Neon Lamps – Working and Application Circuits
A neon lamp is a glow lamp made up of a glass cover, fixed with a pair of segregated electrodes and containing an inert gas (neon or argon). The main application of a neon lamp is in the form of indicator lamps or pilot lamps. When supplied with a low voltage, the resistance between the […]
LED Light Wave Effect Generator Circuit
In this post I have explained a simple LED light wave effect generator circuit which will sequentially create a difference in brightness over a chain of LEDs, creating a chasing light wave kind of visual effect.
Touch Dimmable LED Light Bar Circuit
This LED light bar with dimmable feature will allow the user to adjust the brightness of the lamp in 4 steps, with100%, 50%, 10% and 0% illumination control at each subsequent steps. The idea was requested by one of the avid readers of this blog. Here’s the required working concept. The Design The basic design […]
Automatic LED Candle Light Circuit
The post describes a simple 220V mains transformerless LED candle light circuit which switches ON automatically in the absence of ambient light in the room and vice versa. The idea was requested by Mr. Don Technical Specifications I only dabble with electronics here and there but in trying to move from incandescent and CFL’s to […]
LED Star Circuit
This circuit can be used like a tree ornament, however the LED star circuit explained here has a variation; it’s completely electronic and it provides the impression of an exploding and imploding 6 arm star. A block diagram of the circuit can be seen in the Fig. 1 below, configured using 3 components: oscillator, counter, […]