unseen wombat
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So I've discovered that you can't power a 556 timer with a joule thief. The pulsed DC current causes the timer to reset every time it pulses. (I think that's the reason anyway). I'd like to run my lucid dreaming mask circuit with the smallest battery possible, which also actually has a decent capacity. The 12V A23 works, but the battery life of 60 mAh is abysmal. (My circuit draws about 7mA when it's not flashing, and 17 when it is). I'd much rather put an N size in there, but it only outputs 1.5 volts, and it needs to power two 555 timers, and two red LED's. Is there anything I can use to do this? With as few components as humanly possible. Could I somehow (simply) modify the joule thief to supply a constant DC supply instead of pulsed DC? Or would that be defeating its purpose?
Thanks everyone.
Thanks everyone.