This is a Elektor Magazine Summer edition ideia. I just put bigger caps.
The circuit is very simple: an ultra-bright green LED, two 10-ΜΩ resistors, two 100-nF ceramic capacitors and a push-button switch. When you press the button, there is a clearly visible flash of light. Then you have to wait a while until the circuit is ready for another flash. But where does the energy come from? https://youtu.be/ORy-nOvW4sw?si=1h6wbJVzi5fRgptB
The capacitors must be charged from a very low current in the LED due to its operation as photodiode. It harvests energy from the ambient light. The switch allows the current to return through the LED and briefly flash. Nice!
The capacitors must be charged from a very low current in the LED due to its operation as photodiode. It harvests energy from the ambient light. The switch allows the current to return through the LED and briefly flash. Nice!