Joule Thief

[stprue]

While surfing the internet I stumbled upon an interesting company called Touchstone Semiconductors.  They seem to specialize in low power IC stuff.  Below is a video I made confirming the basic capabilities.  It's a cool little ct, but the main reason for posting this is in the hope to spark ideas in others.  Maybe this could be incorporated into a JT in the battle to reach a selfrunner!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsQSEobZJOM&list=UUy-jIqtOny6R0jK03qJN0sw&index=1&feature=plcp

and here is the company video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwjIshSF18E&feature=channel&list=UL

[Sir Berman]

ok..
not sure if it was a test - but the resisitor was a 100 ohm not a 1k ohm.

I put the jumper on the diode, took out the 100 ohm resistor and replaced it with a 5k ohm pot, cut off the super cap and took out the strobe light.
And soldiered the switch on the bottom.

I connected the battery and the red LED light came on.
I connected the CFL to where the super cap was and ..... it barly made any light at all.
I adjusted the pot - it had no effect on the light

Thanks but I don't think these is ever going to work for me.....

[Pirate88179]

While surfing the internet I stumbled upon an interesting company called Touchstone Semiconductors.  They seem to specialize in low power IC stuff.  Below is a video I made confirming the basic capabilities.  It's a cool little ct, but the main reason for posting this is in the hope to spark ideas in others.  Maybe this could be incorporated into a JT in the battle to reach a selfrunner!

(http://www.overunityresearch.com/Smileys/Alive/grin.gif)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsQSEobZJOM&list=UUy-jIqtOny6R0jK03qJN0sw&index=1&feature=plcp

and here is the company video:









http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwjIshSF18E&feature=channel&list=UL

ST:

Great find. I know some folks have used the 555 timer for making a JT...I didn't like that approach as I always thought they wasted too much energy. This looks like another way to go. Free? Can't really go wrong with that now can we.
Bill

PS  I ordered a sample.

[stprue]

I agree Bill, especially if we use ultra low power fet/mosfets  with this set up.  We can then get the adjustable frequencies needed for resonance, which could lead to OU.   

[kooler]

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