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Joel the joule thief

Joel the joule thief
Joel was born around April of 2010 and he loves to steal dead batteries.  He was inspired by http://www.instructables.com/id/The-illuminated-LED-man-or-The-Joule-Thief-man/

He consists of:
- Solid core copper wire for a skeleton
- Vibration mounts for his feet
- Filtering toroid for his torso
- Red enamel wire for a nervous system
- Crimp-on spade and ring terminals for hands
- Prototyping PCB for a head
- A 10-K trimmer for a mouth
- NPN transistor for his nose
- 2 white leds for eyes
- Some sort of copper bushing
- Wire and solder
- And a Sparkfun sticker for character (the flame is a registered trademark of Sparkfun, the sticker was purchased from them)
4 comments
Apr 8, 2012. 7:07 PMTheGreatS says:
He may not stop at batteries... he may start thieving jewels!
Sep 2, 2011. 3:28 PMChrishugh says:
Oh, crap. Now I have to make this. Do you. Do you by any chance sell a kit? I'm a total beginner here.
Jun 5, 2011. 12:10 AMZACKZAIDI says:
me too..
Mar 17, 2011. 3:05 PMzazenergy says:
I love this!!

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