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Stayin Alive with the 555

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scottiebabe over 2 years ago

Many individuals have created a version of this circuit before. So, I take no credit.

Most USB power banks have an auto shutoff feature that is triggered when the output current drops below a threshold value. I am guessing whatever value that is, will vary greatly from unit to unit so you may need to adjust the load resistors.

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This circuit kept my dollar store power bank from going into auto shutdown.

The oscillation frequency was approximately 1/7 Hz.

So every 7 seconds a ~100mA load is applied for ~100 ms.

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The advantage of a pulse load circuit like this is that the average load current can be kept low, instead of say a static 100 mA load on your power bank.

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  • scottiebabe
    scottiebabe over 2 years ago +5
    Its the circuit has kept a small amber LED running at 2 mA for some time now!
  • javagoza
    javagoza over 2 years ago in reply to scottiebabe +4
    Two more days adding hardware and you already have a monster for the Halloween competition
  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago in reply to javagoza +4
    The LED is pumpkin-coloured
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    0 scottiebabe over 2 years ago

    Its the circuit has kept a small amber LED running at 2 mA for some time now!

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    0 javagoza over 2 years ago in reply to scottiebabe

    Two more days adding hardware and you already have a monster for the Halloween competition Ghost

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    0 scottiebabe over 2 years ago in reply to javagoza

    LOL it does look a lot like a dead spider Spider. It is also a power parasite, that keeps saying Boo! every 10s to the power bank.

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    0 scottiebabe over 2 years ago in reply to javagoza

    LOL it does look a lot like a dead spider Spider. It is also a power parasite, that keeps saying Boo! every 10s to the power bank.

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