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A project log for Yet another ultra low power LED

<1.5µA with consistent operation down to 1.81V

stephan-walterStephan Walter 09/01/2025 at 17:530 Comments

Apart from building the circuit on a breadboard, I have neglected the physical form factor so far.

I now whipped up a circular PCB with a diameter of 20mm. It uses a CR1220 lithium cell which should be not much harder to obtain than a CR2032.

KiCad files and production data are on Github.

If you want to build this, beware that I haven't tried the particular MOSFET and inductor in the BOM. The LED may also not be the absolute best choice, but it's what was in stock at LCSC.

This could definitely be made smaller, if one wanted:

But at this point I don't really have a concrete need for a particular form factor, so I haven't ordered PCBs yet.

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