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Hello Everyone !!

i want to make a circuit which have following requirements

when a spdt switch is not pressed led is not on,
when i pressed a spdt switch an led on for a 1 sec or while and then off(even spdt pressed). . .
no need to use microcontroller or any programming(purely electronic circuit)

thanks
 

Hello.

It was hard to understand but then I got it.

What you want is a circuit which will turn on the led for a maximum time of "1 second" while the switch is pressed and turn it off when it's released.

The circuit is very very simple, it can be made with what's called as passive derivator.

What are your requirements? Does it have to glow constantly or not?

150px-Passive_differentiator_circuit_1.png


The circuit is very simple (as shown before). As you are driving a LED and this circuits generates negative spikes, add a protection diode in anti-parallel with the LED (they should point in opposite directions). The resistor is the same you want at the maximum current, then it will decrease. The capacitor value depends of the time and the resistor.

It's almost fully charged when 5.R.C [seconds] happened, so if you drive the circuit at 5V and LED voltage is about 2V, and in 1.R.C the capacitor is charged at its 66% (leaving less than 1.33V to the LED) then your forumla is:

t=R.C --> You know the time and R, calculate C.

If you don't get the calculated time, play with the values till you get a reasonable one.

If it has to glow constantly, use a comparator or some transistors with zener diodes to "digitize" the voltage applied to the LED.

That's the easiest way I know, hope it's useful for you.
 

Hi

You have following suggestion

1.) Use an transistor monostable circuit

2.) e.g CD4538
 

Hi

1.) Use an transistor monostable circuit

2.) e.g CD4538

use an One-shot Monostable Multivibrator

either transistor, or 555, or such

555 is cheap, widely available, and reliable, and can provide up to 200mA
 

hello
thanks for post
but i want led on 1 sec even if switch is on
 

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