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Project #92, Project #93 capacitor control, Capacitor photo control – Elenco Circuit Maker Sound Plus 200 User Manual

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Project #92

Capacitor Photo Control

Turn on the slide switch (S1) and press the press switch (S2). If there is

light on the photoresistor (RP), then the LED (D1) will stay on for a few

seconds after you release the press switch.

Project #93

Capacitor Control

Build the circuit and turn on the slide switch (S1). The LED (D1) is bright

but slowly gets dark as the 100mF capacitor (C4) charges up.
The LED will stay dark until you press the press switch (S2), which

discharges the capacitor.

The energy stored in the 100mF capacitor (C4)

keeps the controlling current to the NPN

transistor (Q2) on even though the press

switch was turned off. If it is dark, the high

resistance of the photoresistor shuts off the

current to the transistor.

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