From blinking led to not blinking

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susannah

Joined Feb 14, 2010
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I have coin battery powered circuit which has led blinking.

I would like to stop that blinking and keep led on.

How i can do that? Thanks
 

djsfantasi

Joined Apr 11, 2010
9,155
Is this a pre-made circuit or one you made? I expect the former. In that case, there is likely a black blob somewhere, which is a custom circuit to make the LED blink.

You can't change this without rewiring the whole thing.

It could be a custom LED that blinks. You can't change this.

A circuit to light an LED off a coin battery is as simple as a battery and holder, a current limiting resistor and a LED. Some circuits omit the resistor, as the batteries internal resistance is sufficient, as long as the Vf matches the battery rating.

We need more information regarding your circuit to be more specific.
 

MrChips

Joined Oct 2, 2009
30,618
Building an LED water sensor is not difficult even for someone with no knowledge of electronics. All that is required is a transistor and some resistors.
 

djsfantasi

Joined Apr 11, 2010
9,155
The LED on the board is controlled by the ATTiny-85 microcontroller. Hence, it is not as easy to convert.

Off the top of my head, you could use the signal into the LED to drive a separate retriggerable monostable multivibrator circuit whose on time is longer than the LED blink rate.

Anyone else?

Edit: what MrChips said. Designing a water sensor is easier than modifyng the Sparkfun one.
 
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