led driver made fromdiscreet components ?

Jan 28, 2008 4 Replies

hi, i want to make a led torch , something simple , that runs of 2 , maybe



4 , 1.5 volt battteries . and to power 2 or 4 white leds.

is there a driver to make bit more efficent use of battery and leds ? something that uses transistors etc , NOT ic`s.



thanks, mark k


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Sounds like a simple constant current source. Google it.

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Fair enough. Could be so. There's usually enough high erudition floating around here for me to doubt that though. I got a couple of answers, and added some thoughts of my own about the subject. All feedback welcome. Even flames are better than what I saw before.

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