| ??? 04/22/10 03:57 Read: times |
#175249 - joule thief |
Looks interesting but the posters on the associated talk page seem curious as to whether it is correct or actually used much.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Open_hardware => http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joule_thief "Joule thief" is a nickname for a simple switched-mode power supply that is easy to build and can use nearly all of the energy in a battery, even far beyond the point where other circuits consider the battery "dead". The circuit uses a variant of the blocking oscillator as an unregulated boost mode switching power supply. The voltage increase with a joule thief works similar to how a nickel-cadmium rechargeable battery retains its voltage for a good bit of its run.[dubious – discuss][citation needed] ... 
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| Topic | Author | Date |
| joule thief | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Yes... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| you could even stick it through spice. | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Better how ? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| It's a sound idea - but a stupid name! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| a fact often overlooked by people proud of their design | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| RE: a fact often overlooked... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Though maybe not a good implementation | 01/01/70 00:00 |