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SMD LED based Emergency Lamp Circuit

Last Updated on January 2, 2024 by Swagatam 69 Comments

An emergency lamp using SMD LEDs is able to generate illuminations with extreme brightness due to the high efficiency of the SMD type LEDs. Moreover, SMD LEDs also ensure the unit will be very compact and lightweight.

The following post explains a simple circuit diagram of an automatic emergency lamp using 36 nos. SMD LEDs. The circuit has been presented in response to the following request sent by Mr.Ali Adnan.

Circuit Request for SMD Emergency Lamp

I've 36 SMD LEDs(Side View Type), I Extracted them from my Broken Laptop's LED LCD screen. I tested them with multimeter and found all LEDs in working condition.

Now I want to make some useful from them like an emergency LED lite. I'll remove all 36 LEDs from strip and mount them on a PCB (will be Tough JoB Mounting SMD's) once you will design a circuit for me to drive them.

I don't know much about SMD LEDs so that's why I am bothering you. I googled for data sheet for that type of LEDs and I think I found right data sheet for this LED, please also compare the pictures of LEDs and data sheet.

I am attaching actual pictures of LEDs that I have and also attaching data sheet, please check and help me with a simple circuit with simple parts. and just for information I've not found the IC ZXSC310 (that you used in your 1 watt LED circuit) here in Lahore Pakistan 🙁 and I am too sad for this.

Waiting for your Reply.

Best Regards,

Ali Adnan Khan

"Hi Bro,

What kind of emergency light do you want to make? Automatic AC/Dc operated or just direct on battery?

The datasheet  and the pics are OK.

Best Regards,
Swagatam"

"Hi, thanks for your reply bro. Automatic AC/DC operated with battery backup."

OK, here's an automatic ac/dc emergency light circuit using the proposed 36 SMD LED lights which is easy to build, cheap and yet reliable.

CAUTION - THE CIRCUIT IS NOT ISOLATED FROM AC MAINS, UTMOST CARE MUST BE OBSERVED WHILE TESTING THIS CIRCUIT IN UNCOVERED POSITION.
ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY INCORPORATE A 12V, 500MA DC ADAPTER ACROSS THE ZENER DIODE INSTEAD OF THE SHOWN TRANSFORMERLESS POWER SUPPLY FOR AVOIDING THE ABOVE CAUTION.

The Design of a an Automatic SMD based emergency lamp is shown below, as per the above request specification:

Parts List

All resistors are 1/4 watt, 5%,

  • R1 = 1M
  • R2 = 1K,
  • R3---R14 = 56 Ohms
  • C1 = 2uF/400V PP Capacitor
  • C2 = 100uF/ 25V
  • D1, D2 = 1N4007,
  • D3, D4 = 1N5402
  • T1 = TIP127
  • Z1 = 15V 1 watt zener diode
  • Battery = 12V/2AH
  • LEDs = SMD, 3V white, 20 mA

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Filed Under: Lamps and Lights Tagged With: Based, Emergency, Lamp, LED, SMD

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Shahnawaz says:
July 27, 2019 at 5:29 pm

Hi sir, I would like to know about the emergency light with more brightness. Please send me a simple diagram with capacitors value,

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Swagatam says:
July 27, 2019 at 7:39 pm

Hi Shahnawaz, you can try the concept which is explained in the above article. It will give you maximum brightness. But you will require a Li-Ion battery for the high brightness and long back ups.

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DYNAVISION says:
May 2, 2017 at 1:20 pm

Automatic ac led lamp to operate when ac fail and it will go to dc battery circuit digram

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siddharth sharad srivastava says:
April 11, 2017 at 4:46 pm

hello sir,
sir i want to use two 6v 1aH BATTERIES in series with the circuit,so what modification would be required.

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Swagatam says:
April 17, 2017 at 11:35 am

Siddharth, 6V 1ah is OK for the circuit, but it won't support 84 LEDs, it would get discharged very quickly.

for IR control you can try the following method

https://www.homemade-circuits.com/2012/02/how-to-make-simple-infra-red-remote.html

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siddharth sharad srivastava says:
April 16, 2017 at 6:29 pm

sir the batteries i am using are 6V1aH li-on battery, Will that suffice ??? also the led smd i have with me has 84 units in it so any modification would be required???
Also i want to add a feature of IR control, so what should i do??

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Swagatam says:
April 12, 2017 at 4:40 am

Hi Siddarth, you can use the same circuit as given, no modifications would be required,

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siddharth sharad srivastava says:
April 11, 2017 at 4:43 pm

sir,
i want to use two 6v 1AH batteries in series. So what modifications would be required.

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Siddh says:
September 10, 2016 at 4:09 am

Hii.i want 220ac to 22volts dc 2.5amps circuite with out transformer.

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karthik kanna says:
January 18, 2016 at 11:12 am

sir how much time does take for full charge??

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Swagatam says:
January 14, 2016 at 1:50 am

70mA 12V

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Arun Kumar says:
January 13, 2016 at 6:17 am

This circuit how many output voltage & amps

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Arun Kumar says:
January 12, 2016 at 5:13 pm

I used 12v realy this circuit out voltage & amps please tell me sir

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Swagatam says:
January 13, 2016 at 5:43 am

use a 12V relay with 300 ohm or 400 ohm coil resistance

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Arun Kumar says:
January 12, 2016 at 3:09 am

I used ac supply working time LED OFF MODE I used relay what volt realy used sir please tell me sir

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Swagatam says:
January 12, 2016 at 11:45 am

relay coil voltage should match the zener voltage….

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Arun Kumar says:
January 11, 2016 at 6:08 am

Iam add in 12v 2 amps Battery Two Battery parller

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Swagatam says:
January 11, 2016 at 1:03 pm

ok will do.

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Arun Kumar says:
January 10, 2016 at 2:49 pm

I want one 12v 4.5amps battery any modifications circuit diagram please tell me sir

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Swagatam says:
January 11, 2016 at 5:16 am

no modifications would be required

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Arun Kumar says:
January 8, 2016 at 3:00 am

Thanks you sir

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Arun Kumar says:
January 6, 2016 at 12:41 pm

How to converted battery zener series
Or parller connect please tell me sir

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Swagatam says:
January 7, 2016 at 2:55 am

connect the black line of the zener with the battery (+) terminal and the other side of the zener with the battery (-) side…use a 14V 1 watt zener

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Arun Kumar says:
January 5, 2016 at 12:42 pm

How to Stop over charging this circuit

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Swagatam says:
January 6, 2016 at 2:31 am

connect a 14V/1watt zener diode right across the battery terminals, this will do the job for you.

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Arun Kumar says:
January 5, 2016 at 12:21 pm

I used 12v 4.5amps this circuit

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Arun Kumar says:
January 4, 2016 at 1:58 pm

I used 6v 4.5 amps this circuit diagram

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Swagatam says:
January 4, 2016 at 3:26 pm

you can use the second circuit from the following article:

https://www.homemade-circuits.com/2014/06/flashing-led-battery-status-indicator.html

use only a single 5mm red LED with the last transistor

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Arun Kumar says:
January 4, 2016 at 3:59 am

How to fixed charging indicate led ?
I used 2 12v 2 amps battery parallel how to modify circuit?
This circuit support 6v 4.5 amps battery used?

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Swagatam says:
January 4, 2016 at 5:31 am

Connect a resistor in series with D2, and connect an LED parallel to this resistor, as long as the battery charges this LED will glow and will gradually shut-off as the battery reaches full charge.

the resistor value could be anywhere between 2 and 10 ohm….you will need to experiment the right value

if possible connect a 47 ohm resistor in series with one of the LED lead for safeguarding it

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Arun Kumar says:
January 2, 2016 at 12:03 pm

How to fixed charging LED please send me sir

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Swagatam says:
January 2, 2016 at 1:23 pm

I did not understand?

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Arun Kumar says:
December 29, 2015 at 11:25 am

How converted in to 12v /7AH battery used this circuit please tell me sir

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Swagatam says:
December 30, 2015 at 5:37 am

this circuit cannot be used for charging a 12V/7AH battery.

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karthik kanna says:
December 4, 2015 at 6:59 am

I am having transformer 12v 2Amps. i replaced it, the whole night it took, but Battery backup didnt increase.. The system works (when the AC is on, DC off). the transformer is also so Hot….

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Swagatam says:
December 4, 2015 at 11:48 am

your battery could be internally damaged….put an ammeter in series with the battery and check how much current it is taking in…if it shows zero will indicate a faulty battery.

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karthik kanna says:
November 30, 2015 at 10:58 am

the circuit works well but it charges slowly in my 12v 5amps bike battery. how to charge fast pls help me

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Swagatam says:
December 1, 2015 at 3:25 am

for quicker charging you will need to remove the transformerless supply stage consisting C1, R1, Z1, and replace it with a 12V 1amp AC/DC adapter input

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karthik kanna says:
November 30, 2015 at 10:55 am

i am having 12v 5amp Bike battery, it has 8.5v. it charges slowly… how to recharge fast
Please help me

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jithin says:
October 15, 2014 at 9:12 am

Sir

Your circuit ideas are valuable and useful.So many people are taking advantage of it
You are rendering a great service to the world.

Best regards

Best regards

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Swagatam says:
October 15, 2014 at 3:03 pm

thank you Jithin!!

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Syed Arham says:
July 19, 2014 at 12:19 am

Sir can you provide me any schematic or give any idea about the 2 watt led blinker with strobe light.(i will use two 1 watt led in parallel)..
The circuit should work in this manner…When we press the button the led will glow continuously and the second press will make the led to Blink. and finally the third press will turn off the led.
I have seen similar feature in Cree led torch ..
Sir please guide me…

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Swagatam says:
July 20, 2014 at 4:04 am

Syed you can try the circuit that's shown in the following link with a few external modifications:

https://www.homemade-circuits.com/2013/08/single-push-10-step-selector-switch.html

Remove all the relays and connect the LEDs at the collector of the pin2 and pin4 transistors, use TIP122 for the transistors.
Connect pin7 with pin15 through a 10k resistor instead of pin10 and remove the transistor stage at pin7 because we don't need it.

Now make a 555 PWM circuit and integrate its pin3 VIA a DIODE 1N4007 to the base of pin4 transistor…diode anode to base, cathode to pin3 of 555.

That's it your circuit is ready.

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Kimberly Grumo says:
May 29, 2014 at 5:38 am

we haven't use a bridge rectifier sir. may i know what diodes to use? thanks a lot sir.

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Swagatam says:
May 29, 2014 at 6:48 am

Kim, you can use 1N4007 diode for making the bridge or simply connect the transformer wires directly across the anode of D1 and ground in the circuit that's shown in the above article.

remove C1, R1,Z1 these are not required.

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Kimberly Grumo says:
May 29, 2014 at 5:27 am

thanks for the help sir. we will try changing it and tell you the results.

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Kimberly Grumo says:
May 28, 2014 at 7:49 am

thank you very much sir.

its like the AC is giving it power because you can notice the light flickering. im sorry sir but im new to transistors but I know that it can act as a switch.

I can see that you changed the position of D3. we haven't tried that yet.

I also measured the voltage across the base and emitter. when the AC is off, it has voltage and when it is on, the voltage is zero. but I connected it to D3 in the old diagram where it is directed to the LEDs. Is it wrong?

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Swagatam says:
May 28, 2014 at 3:25 pm

thanks Kim,

yes I have made a slight change by putting D3 at the emitter of the transistor, just to make the results more accurate.

By the way did you use a bridge rectifier for rectifying the transformer voltage to DC before applying to the circuit?? otherwise the LEDs won't shut off correctly.

You can try changing the position of D3 as shown in the new diagram and check the results.

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Swagatam says:
May 27, 2014 at 11:49 am

with 18V at the base of the transistor it should completely cut of….

the transistor may not be OK, or some other issue could be there.

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Swagatam says:
May 27, 2014 at 11:45 am

measure the voltage across the base and emitter of the transistor with transformer supply ON, and also everything else connected.

It should be around 0V to make the leds shutof.

if not, check and make sure the rectified voltage from the transformer is higher than the battery voltage….
if still it doesn't work, your transistor could be faulty.

or you can opt for a NPN transistor design circuit as shown at the extreme end of this article:

https://www.homemade-circuits.com/2011/12/how-to-make-efficient-led-emergency.html

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