:title: Soilpunk Joulethief :author: Heerko van der Kooij :description: :css: slides.css .. header:: Soilpunk 🌏🤘 - Joulethief ---- Soilpunk - Joulethief ====================== This document is viewable as `a webpage `_ or as `a slideshow `_ ---- :id: joulethief Joulethief ======================== .. image:: ./assets/images/joulethief_simple.jpeg ---- Transistor ========== .. image:: ./assets/images/transistor.png :width: 300 .. image:: ./assets/images/analogi-transistor-87050130.gif :width: 500 ---- Joulethief ======================== .. image:: ./assets/images/joulethief.jpeg ---- :id: joulethief-step1 Joulethief ======================== .. image:: ./assets/images/joulethief_1.png A small current flows from the battery through the coil and the base-emitter path of the transistor. This opens the emittor-collector path of the transistor. ---- Joulethief ======================== .. image:: ./assets/images/joulethief_2.png Electricity is now able to travel through the second coil and through the collector-emitter channel of the transistor. ---- Joulethief ======================== .. image:: ./assets/images/joulethief_3.png The increasing amount of electricity through the second coil generates a negative voltage in the first coil. An negative voltage is induced in the first coil, which cause the transistor to close. ---- Joulethief ======================== .. image:: ./assets/images/joulethief_4.png With the transistor closed the energy starts to flow through the output (led). ---- Joulethief ======================== .. image:: ./assets/images/joulethief_5.png The inductor is now powered by the magnetic field of the coil. ---- Joulethief ======================== .. image:: ./assets/images/joulethief_6.png When the magnetic field is gone, the whole process `starts over <#joulethief-step1>`_. ---- Joulethief ======================== A more detailed explanation can be found on `instructables `_ ---- .. image:: ./assets/images/circuit.png ---- https://github.com/hackersanddesigners/Soilpunk_joulethief