I've developed a way to make a LED flash with no transistor or semiconductor. I connect the LED to a push switch and a battery, and i push the switch, if i push fast enough, it will flash up to 10x per second.
A guitar fuzz pedal is simply an amplifier. The waveform is amplified massively, maybe 100 times or more, so it would TRY to go way beyond the power supply of the pedal. At this point, the wave will "clip", anything higher than that limit will just be cut straight off, which is the source of the fuzz sound, turning those nice smooth sine waves from your guitar into square waves. A commercial fuzz pedal will probably not do this, it will use fancier electronics, so you can change how much the wave is modified and get a range of effects (for your money). If you look around, there will be "simple fuzz circuits" online and quite possibly in 1970s electronics magazines!
@neilbarnett3046 Thanks. I know what a fuzz circuit looks like, only because I saw some videos made by Josh Scott. But I didn't know the theory behind a transistor. 👍
No, he's relying on the junction to break down, the transistor is not being used as a transistor at all. A reverse-biased EB junction on a small transistor like that can only stand a few volts. I read the ONsemi spec sheet for 2N2222 and it said 6V, a lot less than the CB junction maximum rating, which is quoted as 75V.
Absolutely amazing
It's like tunnel diode
You can also flash an LED with a relaxation oscillator built with an injunction transistor (UJT) .
That sound will make vido more power full❤
I've developed a way to make a LED flash with no transistor or semiconductor.
I connect the LED to a push switch and a battery, and i push the switch, if i push fast enough, it will flash up to 10x per second.
Excellent! ;)
Is that also how tunnel diodes are used as oscillator ?
Yes, exactly.
Magnificent great.🎉
Many thanks
Redstone clock
I am willing to bet there is some kind of way to use this in a fuzz guitar pedal.. If I only knew how.
A guitar fuzz pedal is simply an amplifier. The waveform is amplified massively, maybe 100 times or more, so it would TRY to go way beyond the power supply of the pedal. At this point, the wave will "clip", anything higher than that limit will just be cut straight off, which is the source of the fuzz sound, turning those nice smooth sine waves from your guitar into square waves.
A commercial fuzz pedal will probably not do this, it will use fancier electronics, so you can change how much the wave is modified and get a range of effects (for your money). If you look around, there will be "simple fuzz circuits" online and quite possibly in 1970s electronics magazines!
@neilbarnett3046 Thanks. I know what a fuzz circuit looks like, only because I saw some videos made by Josh Scott. But I didn't know the theory behind a transistor. 👍
Digital fuzz pedals also have cabinet/mic modeler that make them sound really good.
Use an optocoupler instead of an led & you'll have basic tremolo
¡ wow !
Any issues with shortened life span of the transistor?
I don't think so, as long as you don't expose it to overcurrent. It's only current that matters.
No voltage supplied to the base ?
Baseless claim
No, he's relying on the junction to break down, the transistor is not being used as a transistor at all. A reverse-biased EB junction on a small transistor like that can only stand a few volts. I read the ONsemi spec sheet for 2N2222 and it said 6V, a lot less than the CB junction maximum rating, which is quoted as 75V.
6V is typical for most NPN transistors, actually, this is why 5v was chosen as standard supply voltage for TTL chips.