SolderingTutorial
Owl Thief - THT
A simple joule thief circuit on the back of an owl. If you solder everything right, you can empty old batteries and make the eyes glow orange.
- Status: Complete
- Difficulty: 2/5
Parts List
| Quantity | Name | Description | Signing/Colorcode |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C1 | 10nF capacitor | 103 |
| 1 | C_b1 | 10nF SMD capacitor (optional) | |
| 1 | R1 | 330R resistor | orange,orange,black,black,brown |
| 1 | R_b1 | 330R SMD resistor (optional) | |
| 1 | Q1 | NPN transistor | BC547 |
| 1 | Q_b1 | NPN SMD transistor (optional) | |
| 1 | D3 | z-diode | |
| 1 | D_b3 | SMD z-diode | |
| 2 | D1,D2 | 5mm orange LED | |
| 1 | SW1 | switch | |
| 1 | B1 | 1x AA battery holder | |
| 1 | 1 AA battery* | ||
| 1 | T1 | coil | |
| 2 | cable 300mm (needed for coil) | ||
| 1 | ferrite core (needed for coil) |
- The batteries are not included in our kits. The SMD components are not needed. The PCB is made to work with both. Do not mix SMD and THT at the same time.
Manual
You can find the manual and pictures of every step here: https://github.com/Binary-Kitchen/SolderingTutorial
Copyright and Authorship
- Board: CC-BY-SA 4.0 - Timo Schindler @ blinkyparts.com
- Owl SVG CC-BY-SA - Owl by iconixar from NounProject.com (We’ve bought a licence, you should honor the artist work too!)
Buy Kits
You can also buy a ready to make soldering-kit @ shop.blinkyparts.com.
Press
Wow! We were mentioned in the great heiseonline IT-news magazine: https://www.heise.de/news/Extravagantes-Platinendesign-Mach-s-ein-bisschen-huebscher-7243649.html