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FLASHING BEACON
ASHOK K. DOCTOR

flashing beacon has many uses. It

can be employed as a distress signal on highways or as a direction
pointer for parking lots, hospitals, hotels,
etc. Here we present a flashing beacon
that uses well-known regulator IC LM317T.
As LM317T regulator can deliver more than
1 amp. A small 12V, 10W bulb with a
high-quality reflector can serve as a good
visible blinker.
A 12-15V, 1A DC supply is connected
to the input pin of the IC. A 12V, 10W
bulb and a combination of resistors and
capacitors are connected between the output pin and ADJ pin of the IC as shown in

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the figure. The IC is provided with an aluminium

heat-sink to dissipate the
heat generated while delivering full current. Since the
IC has an inbuilt switch-on
current limiter, it extends
the bulb life.
For the shown values
of resistors and capacitors,
the bulb flashes at approximately 4 cycles per second.
The number of flashes depends on the charge-discharge time of the capacitors. Different values of resistors and capacitors can be used to increase or de-

crease the number of flashes.

This circuit costs around Rs 50.

NOVEMBER 2002

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