In the book I am following the following circuit is given:
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The book states that as soon as we apply power to the circuit, the LED should start flashing.
However, this doesn't happen in my circuit. As soon as I apply power to my circuit, the LED flashes once and stays off after that.
What might be the reason my circuit does not work? I am giving my circuit below:
Since I don't have exact resistor values, I have made R2 out of 10K Ohm and 4700 Ohm resistors. And I have made R3 out of two 10K Ohm and one 6800 Ohm resistors.
I don't know which manufacturer's 2N6027 (PUT) I am using but AFAIK their pinouts are always the same.
I am using an AC to DC adapter at 6V as my power supply.
What I have tried up to now:
- Replace R1 with 100K Ohm. Didn't work. Same behavior as before.
- Try transistor's (a user) circuit. Didn't work. This time LED didn't flash even once. The following is transistor's circuit:
- Increase the cap.
- Increase the cap and decrease R3.
Measurements:
- Current at anode starts at 5uA as soon as I power the circuit, and drops to 0uA about a course of 5 seconds and stays at 0 afterwards.
- Current at cathode becomes 1uA momentarily as soon as I apply power and then drops to 0 and stays that way.
Best Answer
As far as I can see on the photo the circuit seems OK, except
the capacitor is the wrong way round: the white strip identifies the negative pin.
I can't verify whether the LED is the right way round. Bridge the left LED pin to the + with a 470 .. 4k7 resistor, if it lights up it is OK.
you don't show the power connection. Be aware that some solderless breadboards have a break in the middle of the power strips.