AC mains operated single LED flasher circuit, built using the popular CMOS timer chip TLC555 is shown below. The whole circuit is powered directly by the grid supply of 230VAC through a capacitive ...

Yes, for me, it’s nostalgic to think about my favorite LED Driver LM3909 from NSC! This ubiquitous chip is very smart in that it stores up energy in a timing capacitor and then switches it in series ...

LTspice is a free version of spice from Linear Technology, and it is delightfully easy to use, intuative, and seems to work rather well. Note, there is a flasher version 3 Current through component ...