
Twinkle Twinkle X'mas Star
T.A. Babu
Christmas
just would not be Christmas if you do not put a flashing star on your
Christmas tree. Here is the circuit of such a flashing star.
Fig. 1: Twinkle-twinkle X’mas star
Fig.
1 shows the circuit of the flashing X’mas star. At the heart of the
circuit is a diac that controls charging and discharging of an
electrolytic capacitor and thereby flashing of the star. The rest of the
circuit functions...